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pantoufle

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Noun

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pantoufle (plural pantoufles)

  1. Alternative form of pantofle.
    • 1607, Henrie Stephen [i.e., Henri Estienne], translated by R[ichard] C[arew], A World of Wonders: or An Introduction to a Treatise Touching the Conformitie of Ancient and Moderne Wonders: or A Preparatiue Treatise to the Apologie for Herodotus. […], London: […] Iohn Norton, page 203:
      But I would thou ſhouldſt know, that if he ſhould come in proper perſon to Rome, the Pope would not entertaine him, except he would ſubmit himſelfe and kiſſe his pantoufle.
    • 1724, [Gilbert] Burnet, “Book IV. Of the Reign of King James II.”, in [Gilbert Burnet Jr.], editor, Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time. […], volume I, London: […] Thomas Ward […], →OCLC, page 661:
      And he ordered the Captain of the Swiſs guards to tell Stouppe, that he had heard of me, and would give me a private audience abed, to ſave me from the ceremony of the Pantoufle.
    • 1779 [1624], Philip Massinger, “The Renegado”, in John Monck Mason, editor, The Dramatick Works of Philip Massinger Complete, in Four Volumes. […], volume II, London: […] T. Davies, […]; T. Payne and Son, […]; L. Davis, […], act III, scene IV, page 50:
      In the Day I wait on my Lady when ſhe eats, / Carry her Pantoufles, bear up her Train; / Sing her aſleep at Night, and, when ſhe pleaſes, / I am her Bedfellow.
    • 1820, [Walter Scott], chapter V, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John Ballantyne, […], →OCLC, page 124:
      Lady, I have been too long the vassal of a pantoufle, and the slave of a silver whistle.
    • 1893, Sarah Grand, chapter XIX, in The Heavenly Twins, New York, N.Y.: The Cassell Publishing Co. […], page 679:
      She had got out of bed and slipped on her pantoufles only, and the night was cold.

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French pantofle, pantophle, pantouffle, pantoufle, pantouphle, of unclear origin, often considered to be from Italian pantofola.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pɑ̃.tufl/
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Noun

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pantoufle f (plural pantoufles)

  1. slipper, house slipper (footwear)
  2. (archaic) horseshoe

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Descendants

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  • → Danish: tøffel (“slipper”)
  • → Norwegian: tøffel
  • → Swedish: toffel (“slipper”)
  • → Latvian: tupele

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Middle French

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Etymology

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Of unclear origin, often considered to be from Italian pantofola.

Noun

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pantoufle f (plural pantoufles)

  1. slipper
    • 1606, Orasius Tubero [pseudonym; François de La Mothe Le Vayer], Quatre dialogues faits à l’imitation des anciens, Frankfurt: Iean Sarius, page 42:
      Prendre touſiours le haut du paué, regarder par deſſus l’eſpaule, ne ſalüer qu’à demy, c’eſt eſtre inſupportablemẽt ſuperbe; ne ſe laiſſer aborder qu’à trauers les picques & les halebardes, cheminer ſur la teſte des hommes, ſe faire porter ſur leurs eſpaules, leur faire baiſer ſa pantoufle, ce ſont actions pontificales, & dignes d’vne majeſté royale, inuenit aliquid infra genua quo libertatem detruderet, dit Seneque parlant de Ceſar.
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References

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  • pantoufle on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
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