pantofle

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle English pantuflis pl, pantuiffillis pl, from Middle French pantoufle (slipper), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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pantofle (plural pantofles)

  1. (archaic, historical) A slipper. [from 15th c.]
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “Heroicall loue causing melancholy. His Pedegree, Power, and Extent.”, in The Anatomy of Melancholy: [], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: [] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 3, section 2, member 1, subsection 1, page 356:
      And although ſhe threatned to breake his bowe and arrowes, to clip his wings, and whipped him beſides on the bare buttocks with her pantophle, yet all would not ſerue, [].

Czech

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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pantofle f

  1. (colloquial) Alternative form of pantofel (slipper)
Declension
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Further reading

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  • pantofle”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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pantofle m inan

  1. inflection of pantofel:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural