pantoufle

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English

Noun

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.
    • a. 1716 (date written), [Gilbert] Burnet, “Book IV. Of the Reign of King James II.”, in , editor, Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time. , volume I, London: Thomas Ward , published 1724, →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.

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɑ̃.tufl/
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Noun

pantoufle f (plural pantoufles)

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

Derived terms

Descendants

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

Further reading

Middle French

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

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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Descendants

References

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