soulier

See also: Soulier

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French soler, from Late Latin subtelāris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.lje/

• Audio:

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Noun

soulier m (plural souliers)

1. (dated outside North America, footwear) shoe, boot (protective covering for the foot)

   Synonyms: chaussure, (informal) godasse, (informal) grole, (slang) pompe

   • 1924, Emmanuel Bove, Mes Amis‎^[1], archived from the original on 27 May 2019:

     Les habits, qui pèsent sur mes mollets, sont plats, tièdes d’un côté seulement. Les lacets de mes souliers n’ont plus de ferrets.

     The clothes, which weigh on my calves, are flat, warm on only one side. The laces of my shoes no longer have aglets.

Usage notes

• More common in Canada and Louisiana than chaussure.

Further reading

• “soulier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.