high heels

English

A pair of high heels

Shoes with high heels

Noun

high heels pl (normally plural, singular high heel)

1. High-heeled shoes.

   I look sexier in high heels.

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see high,‎ heel.
   • 2009, Cathy Mahon, Rescue Your Back, page 106:

     Avoid standing for prolonged periods of time, and avoid standing in shoes with high heels.

Synonyms

• heels

Related terms

• high-heel
• high-heeled

Descendants

• → Japanese: ハイヒール (hai hīru)

Translations

shoes

• Afrikaans: hoëhakskoene pl
• Arabic: كعب m (kaʕb, kaʕab)
• Burmese: ထောက်ဖိနပ် (htaukhpi.nap)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 高踭鞋 (gou¹ zaang¹ haai⁴)

  Hokkien: 懸踏鞋／悬踏鞋 (koân-ta̍h-ê), 懸踏／悬踏 (koân-ta̍h)

  Mandarin: 高跟鞋 (zh) (gāogēnxié)

• Czech: lodičky f pl
• Dutch: hoge hakken n pl
• Finnish: korkokengät pl, korkkarit (fi) (colloquial)
• French: escarpins (fr) m pl, talons hauts (fr) m pl, talons (fr) m pl
• German: hochhackige Schuhe pl, Absatzschuhe pl, Stöckelschuhe (de) pl
• Greek:

  Ancient: βαυκίδες f pl (baukídes)

• Hungarian: magas sarkú (hu), magas sarkú cipő (hu)
• Indonesian: sepatu hak tinggi
• Irish: sála arda f pl
• Italian: scarpe con i tacchi alti f pl
• Japanese: ハイヒール (ja) (hai hīru)
• Korean: 하이힐 (ko) (haihil)
• Lithuanian: aukštakulniai m pl
• Luxembourgish: Talleken pl, Tallekeschung pl
• Navajo: kétalí
• Persian: پاشنه‌های بلند
• Polish: szpilki (pl) nvir
• Portuguese: tacões m pl, saltos-altos m pl
• Russian: высо́кие каблуки́ m pl (vysókije kablukí)
• Spanish: tacones (es) m pl, tacones altos m pl, zapatos de taco alto m pl
• Swedish: klacksko (sv) c, klackskor (sv) c pl, höga klackar c pl, högklackade skor c pl
• Turkish: topuklu (tr), topuklu ayakkabı
• Welsh: sodlau uchel m pl or f pl

Further reading

• High-heeled shoe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia