pantoufle

common nounverb

Syllable Decomposition

pantoufle

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 slipper would originally have been a fabric shoe.

Definitions

argot polytechnicien

Plural

pantoufles

Hyperonym

Hyponyms

babouchecharentaisechaussonmulepatinsavate

Translations

  • germangerman:Hausschuh
  • englishenglish:slipper
  • danishdanish:tøffel
  • spanishspanish:pantufla
  • finnishfinnish:tohveli
  • dutchdutch:slipper
  • portugueseportuguese:pantufa
  • swedishswedish:toffel

See also

pantoufler (v.) pantouflage (cn.) pantoufle (v.) pantouflard (adj.) pantouflier (cn.) pantoufles (v.)