espadrille
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English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Espadrilles.jpg/220px-Espadrilles.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French espadrille.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]espadrille (plural espadrilles)
- A light shoe having an upper made of fabric and a sole of rope.
- Synonym: alpargata
- 1984, William Gibson, chapter 10, in Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 127:
- She wore loose black silks and black espadrilles.
Translations
[edit]light shoe
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Further reading
[edit]espadrille on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Occitan espardilha via metathesis, itself from espart (“esparto grass”). Compare Catalan espardenya.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]espadrille f (plural espadrilles)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → English: espadrille
Further reading
[edit]- “espadrille” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
- “espadrille” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
- “espadrille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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