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soulier

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Champenois

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French soler, from Late Latin subtelāris.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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soulier m (plural souliers)

  1. (Troyen) shoe

References

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  • Daunay, Jean (1998), Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)[1] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
  • Baudoin, Alphonse (1885), Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux[2] (in French), Troyes

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French soler, from Late Latin subtelāris.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /su.lje/
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Noun

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soulier m (plural souliers)

  1. (dated outside North America) shoe, boot (protective covering for the foot)
    Synonyms: chaussure, (informal) godasse, (informal) grole, (slang) pompe
    J'aperçus à mes pieds un soulier laissé là par quelque mendiant.
    I saw at my feet a shoe left there by some beggar.
    • 1924, Emmanuel Bove, Mes amis [My Friends]‎[3], Paris: Émile-Paul Frères:
      Les habits, qui pèsent sur mes mollets, sont plats, tièdes d’un côté seulement. Les lacets de mes souliers n’ont plus de ferrets.
      The clothes, which weigh on my calves, are flat, warm on only one side. The laces of my shoes no longer have aglets.

Usage notes

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  • More common in Canada and Louisiana than chaussure.

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