seven-league boots

English

Tom Thumb stealing a pair of seven-league boots

Noun

seven-league boots pl (normally plural, singular seven-league boot)

(folklore, fairy tale) A pair of boots enabling the wearer to cross seven leagues at one stride.

Usage notes

The singular form is rare.

Translations

boots enabling great stride

Catalan: botes de set llegües f pl
Chinese:
Mandarin: 七里靴 (qīlǐ xuē)
Czech: sedmimílové boty f pl
Dutch: zevenmijlslaarzen f pl
Estonian: seitsmepenikoormasaapad pl
Finnish: seitsemän peninkulman saappaat pl
French: bottes de sept lieues (fr) f pl
German: Siebenmeilenstiefel (de) m pl
Hungarian: hétmérföldes csizma sg

Icelandic: sjömílnaskór m pl
Italian: stivali delle sette leghe m pl
Kazakh: жүрдек етік (jürdek etik)
Polish: siedmiomilowe buty m pl
Portuguese: botas de sete léguas f pl
Russian: сапоги́-скорохо́ды (ru) m pl (sapogí-skoroxódy), семими́льные сапоги́ m pl (semimílʹnyje sapogí)
Spanish: botas de siete leguas f pl
Swedish: sjumilastövlar c pl
Ukrainian: чо́боти-скорохо́ди m pl (čóboty-skoroxódy), семими́льні чо́боти m pl (semymýlʹni čóboty)

Further reading

seven-league boots on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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