Usage Note
Tabouret refers to a small seat without a back or armrests — a stool used at a bar, workshop, or in music. The diminutive suffix -et marks it as smaller than a tabour (drum), from which it derives historically. A tabouret de bar is the classic tall bar stool, while a tabouret de piano is the adjustable bench a pianist sits on.
Examples
"Elle s'assit sur le tabouret près du comptoir."
Natural Translation
She sat on the stool near the counter.
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