espadrille

English

A black espadrille

Etymology

Borrowed from French espadrille.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĕs-pə-drĭlʹ, IPA^(key): /ɛspəˈdɹɪl/

Noun

espadrille (plural espadrilles)

1. 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

light shoe

• Catalan: espardenya (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 草編(底)帆布鞋／草编(底)帆布鞋, 繩底帆布鞋／绳底帆布鞋

• Estonian: espadrill
• Finnish: espadrillo
• French: espadrille (fr) f
• German: Espadrille (de) f
• Greek: εσπαντρίγια (el) f (espantrígia)
• Ido: esparto-shuo
• Korean: 에스파드리유 (eseupadeuriyu)
• Persian: گیوه (fa) (give)
• Polish: espadryl (pl) m, espadryla (pl) f
• Portuguese: alpargata (pt) f
• Spanish: alpargata (es) f, esparteña (es) f

Further reading

• espadrille on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• persillade

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan espardilha via metathesis, itself from espart (“esparto grass”). Compare Catalan espardenya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛs.pa.dʁij/

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Noun

espadrille f (plural espadrilles)

1. (Europe) espadrille

   Synonyms: espade, spardègne, spartille

2. (North America) sneaker, running shoe

   Synonyms: basket, tennis

Derived terms

• espade

 

Descendants

• → English: espadrille
• → Tunisian Arabic: سبادري (spēdri)

Further reading

• “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.

Paronyms

• escadrille