loafer

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English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊfə(r)

Etymology

Perhaps short for landloafer, possibly a partial translation of German Landläufer [Cf Dial Ger loofen "to run"]; or connected to Middle English lo(o)ve, lo(o)ffinge "a remnant, the rest, that which remains or lingers" from Old English lāf (“remainder, residue, what is left”). Akin to Scots lave "the rest, remainder", Old English lǣfan "to leave behind". More at leave

Noun

loafer (plural loafers)

1. An idle person.
2. (trademark) A shoe with no laces, resembling a moccasin.

Synonyms

• (idle person): bum, bumpkin, footler, idler, lout, yob, yobbo
• (footwear): penny loafer
• See also Wikisaurus:idler

Translations

idle person

• Bulgarian: хайлазин (bg) (hailazin) m
• Dutch: nietsnut (nl), leegloper (nl)
• French: oisif (fr) m
• German: Faulpelz (de) m

• Hungarian: léhűtő (hu), semmittevő (hu), naplopó (hu)
• Maori: kaihau (mi)
• Spanish: haragán (es) m, gandul (es) m, holgazán (es) m
• Swahili: lofa (sw)

footwear

• French: mocassin (fr) m
• Indonesian: pantofel (id)

• Spanish: mocasín (es) m
• Swahili: lofa (sw)

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