pantofle

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle French pantoufle (slipper), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpantəfl̩/, /panˈtɒfl̩/

Noun

pantofle (plural pantofles)

  1. (archaic, historical) A slipper. [from 15th c.]
    • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: [], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, partition III, section 2, member 1, subsection i:
      And although she threatened to break his bow and arrows, to clip his wings, and whipped him besides on the bare buttocks with her pantofle, yet all would not serve […].

Czech

Noun

pantofle

  1. plural of pantofel
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