loveseat

16:14 Aug 26, 2015 

ou deux coussins ? des accoudoirs ou pas ?

15:17 Aug 26, 2015 

merci !

15:01 Aug 26, 2015 

@asker: Merci, s'agit-il d'un seul modèle en 4 tailles ou bien le design des modèles est-il différent de l'un à l'autre ?

14:28 Aug 26, 2015 

Merci pour vos avis. Le canapé vient d'Angleterre.

12:44 Aug 26, 2015 

No problem, I know that you are doing the same as me: suggesting and justifying what you think is the best translation.

12:17 Aug 26, 2015 

@Abraham I agree with you each of us gave what he thinks is the proper translation. I think asker should confirm the only difference between the 4 is the size (same design, same range of products), and a pic will be more than welcomed.

The main reason for "fighting my corner" is that US & UK often use "names" where the French are using "figures".
Sheets:
Double/King/Super king are in french 140 160 180 (draps en 140 etc.)
Shirts:
S/M/L/XL where the French traditionally use "tour de cou" (collar measurement) in centimers.
there are soooo many examples....
That's why I tried to stick to standard "measurement" of sofas in France...
I might be wrong but at least I hope you understand my POV.

10:14 Aug 26, 2015 

If it's a convertible?http://www.sodezign.com/fr/catalogsearch/result/index/?dir=d...

09:43 Aug 26, 2015 

Ikea may have done so, but they don't have to ensure the consistency of a range of four sofas. As for the use of the word in France, I have lived there too (and not in the 19th century!) and seen/heard it used precisely in that sense: that of a smallish 2-place sofa which did not have to be an antique (just like the example I provided).
In any case, I don't want to labour the point to death: I have given the translation I would use myself, and I have given what I think are valid reasons for my choice. It is now up to Asker to make her choice.

02:57 Aug 26, 2015 

Ahem... it reads "Un canapé est disponible dans 4 tailles" common sense is size had to do with seating... when talking about sofas...

and I repeat again the US IKEA reads "loveseat" where for the very same model the UK and French namely refer to "2 seats" so?

+ Your own link to Wiki reads "Une causeuse est un petit canapé où deux personnes peuvent prendre place pour causer. Ce meuble était répandu au XIXe siècle."
I live in France, this word is really old-fashioned (I know the word, and the old piece of furniture...) and wouldn't be used as a size amongst "Grand, Medium, Minor ". It has to be a very specific sofa with quite a specific shape of its back.

01:47 Aug 26, 2015 

What we have in this particular case is a series of labels, not seat capacity. I may be wrong, but I doubt that the retailer/manufacturer would have considered: grand, medium, minor and 2-seater.

22:05 Aug 25, 2015 

@AbrahamS
De quel pays vient ce texte ? Le catalogue IKEA US appelle le canapé 2 places KIVIK loveseat, two-seat sofa au RU...
you wrote "I am quite sure that if the retailer or manufacturer wanted to call his sofa sizes: 5,4,3 and 2-seaters (or 1.5), he could have done so."

Well obvioudly it did it in France and in the UK but not in the US for the same product.... Could it be some US-english name for it?

21:57 Aug 25, 2015 

Il s'agit de 4 tailles de canapés.
la chauffeuse n'est pas un canapé elle n'a pas d'accoudoirs ou alors symboliques....
la causeuse c'est aussi une forme plus qu'une taille et sur les ''vraies" (les anciennes) le dossier est légèrement incurvé quand on "cause" on se regarde en général :-)

21:17 Aug 25, 2015 

@asker
en France les dimensions de canapés sont indiquées par le nombre de places assises on a 2,3,4,5,6 places.
je n'ai jamais vu de causeuse sauf pour des marques étrangères avec traductions discutables... Ou alors ce sont de veritables "causeuses" et certainement pas une taille de canapé comme dans votre exemple