pantouflard

French

Etymology

From pantoufle +‎ -ard

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑ̃.tu.flaʁ/

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Adjective

pantouflard (feminine pantouflarde, masculine plural pantouflards, feminine plural pantouflardes)

1. (colloquial) stay-at-home

Noun

pantouflard m (plural pantouflards, feminine pantouflarde)

1. (colloquial) couch potato, homebody
2. (historical) A member of the non-combat "home guard" formed of older men during the Siege of Paris (1870–1871).

Further reading

• “pantouflard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.