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pantoufle

slipper

noun pahn-TOO-fluh Rare

Usage Note

Pantoufle is the everyday word for a house slipper, worn indoors. The expression raisonner comme une pantoufle ('to reason like a slipper') is a colourful idiom meaning to think very poorly or illogically. The plural pantoufles is common since slippers come in pairs.

Examples

"Elle enfile ses pantoufles avant de descendre."

Natural Translation

She puts on her slippers before going downstairs.

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