pantoufle

French

Etymology

Of unclear origin, often considered to be from Italian pantofola.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɑ̃.tufl/
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Noun

pantoufle f (plural pantoufles)

slipper, house slipper (footwear)
(archaic) horseshoe

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Middle Low German: pantuffel, tuffele
- Low German: Tuffel
- → Dutch: pantoffel, toffel
- → Russian: туфля (tuflja)
  - → Azerbaijani: tufli
  - → Kazakh: туфли (tufli)
  - → Uzbek: tufli
→ Spanish: pantufla, pantuflo
→ Danish: tøffel (“slipper”)
→ Norwegian: tøffel
→ Swedish: toffel (“slipper”)
→ Latvian: tupele

Further reading

“pantoufle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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