espadrille
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French espadrille.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
espadrille (plural espadrilles)
- A light shoe having an upper made of fabric and a sole of rope.
- Synonym: alpargata
- 1984, William Gibson, chapter 10, in Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 127:
- She wore loose black silks and black espadrilles.
Translations edit
light shoe
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Further reading edit
- espadrille on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Occitan espardilha via metathesis, itself from espart (“esparto grass”). Compare Catalan espardenya.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
espadrille f (plural espadrilles)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → English: espadrille
Further reading edit
- “espadrille” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
- “espadrille” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
- “espadrille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.