pantouflard

French

Etymology

From pantoufle (“slipper”) +‎ -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

   Ils auront du mal à s’entendre : elle est pantouflarde alors qu’il adore faire la fête.

   They'll have a hard time getting along: she's a homebody and he loves to party.

Noun

pantouflard m (plural pantouflards, feminine pantouflarde)

1. (colloquial) couch potato, homebody

   Robert, quel pantouflard, il ne veut pas sortir avec nous en boîte !

   Robert's such a couch potato, he doesn't want to go to the club with us!

2. (historical) a member of the non-combatant "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.