Question 1

What is the definition of the French word "pantoufle"?

Accepted Answer

First person singular of the present indicative of pantoufler.
Third person singular of the present indicative of pantoufler.
First person singular of the present subjunctive of pantoufler.
Third person singular of the present subjunctive of pantoufler.
Second person singular of the imperative of pantoufler.

Question 2

Where does the French word "pantoufle" come from?

Accepted Answer

derived, using the suffix -oufle which would connote more or less inflated objects or more or less muffled sounds, from pan ('piece of fabric' see panufle in Old French) see pantin about the intercalated /t/ : the pantoufle would have originally been a fabric slipper.

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