pantoffel

From Dutch pantoffel, from Middle Dutch pantoffel, pantoeffel.

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pantoffel (plural pantoffels, diminutive pantoffeltjie)

1. slipper

• pantoffelregering

From Middle Dutch pantoffel, pantoeffel. Possibly from Middle French pantoufle.

Perfect cognate with German Pantoffel.

• IPA^(key): /ˌpɑnˈtɔ.fəl/

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• Hyphenation: pan‧tof‧fel
• Rhymes: -ɔfəl

pantoffel f or m (plural pantoffels, diminutive pantoffeltje n)

1. slipper (footwear, notably bedroom or house slipper)

• Afrikaans: pantoffel
• → Indonesian: pantofel

pantoffel

1. potato

From French pantoufle (“slipper”) with a semantic change influenced by German Kartoffel, possibly by association to panna (“pan”).

• IPA^(key): /panˈtɔfɛl/
• Rhymes: -ɔfɛl

pantoffel c

1. (Scania) potato
   • 2019, Micaela Landelius, “Shakespeare pub firar 50 – med ny ägare [Shakespeare Pub celebrates 50 years – with new owner]”, in Sydsvenskan‎:

     Jag vill servera äggakaga på riktigt eller köttbullar, sås och pantofflor som smakar som mors därhemma. Det enkla är ofta det svåra.

     I want to serve real egg cake or meatballs, sauce and potatoes that taste like mother’s back home. The easy is often what is difficult.

• jordpäron (dialectal Swedish)
• potatis (standard Swedish)
• potät (dialectal Swedish)
• pära (dialectal Swedish)

• pantofflagröd

• Pantofflor. Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore. 21 October 2013.
• pantoffel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)