pantoufle
common nounverb
Syllable Decomposition
pantouflederived, 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
Translations
german:Hausschuh
english:slipper
danish:tøffel
spanish:pantufla
finnish:tohveli
dutch:slipper
portuguese:pantufa
swedish:toffel
See also
pantoufler (v.) pantouflage (cn.) pantoufle (v.) pantouflard (adj.) pantouflier (cn.) pantoufles (v.)