vietnámi papucs

Hungarian

Etymology

vietnámi (“Vietnamese”) + papucs (“sandal”). These flip-flops were originally imported from Vietnam. Compare Czech and Slovak vietnamky, Ukrainian в'єтнамки (vʺjetnamky) and Russian вьетнамки (vʹjetnamki). It's also possible that it is from Russian.

Noun

vietnámi papucs (plural vietnámi papucsok)

1. flip-flop, thong (a sandal, usually of rubber, secured to the foot by two straps mounted between the big toe and its neighbour)

Synonyms

• strandpapucs

Further reading

• Honnan jön a vietnami papucs? (Where does the vietnami papucs come from?