papuc

See also: papuć

Romanian

Alternative forms

• păpuc — regional

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پابوج (pâbuc), پاپوش (pâpûş), from Persian پاپوش (pâ-puš).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈpuk/

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• Rhymes: -uk
• Hyphenation: pa‧puc

Noun

papuc m (plural papuci)

1. slipper
2. (by extension, informal) shoe
3. (western Transylvania, Banat) fine boot
4. (Transylvania) army boot
5. (electronics) cable terminal
6. metal support bracket for a post

Declension

Declension of papuc

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	papuc	papucul		papuci	papucii
genitive-dative	papuc	papucului		papuci	papucilor
vocative	papucule			papucilor

Derived terms

• da papucii
• Dacia papuc
• dormi în papuci
• papucar
• papucaș
• papucel
• papucul-doamnei
• o lua la papuc
• sub papuc

Related terms

• papugiu

Further reading

• papuc in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
• Iorgu Iordan, Alexandru Graur, Ion Coteanu, editors (1978), Dicționarul Limbii Române‎^[1], volume 8, part 1, Bucharest: Academy of the Socialist Republic of Romania, pages 80–81