schoenlapper
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch schoelapper. Equivalent to schoen (“shoe”) + lapper (“someone who repairs using patch-work”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsxunˌlɑ.pər/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: schoen‧lap‧per
Noun
schoenlapper m (plural schoenlappers, diminutive schoenlappertje n, feminine schoenlapster)
- cobbler
- (archaic) butterfly
- (in particular) any butterfly belonging to the Nymphalinae
Synonyms
- (cobbler): schoenhersteller
- (butterfly):
- (neutral) vlinder
- (dated) kapel, vijfwouter
- (archaic) botervlieg, zomervogel, pennenvogel
- (poetic) fladderaar
- (butterfly of the Nymphalinae): aurelia
Descendants
- Afrikaans: skoenlapper
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