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. (construction) shoe (an iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile)

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
• Lexiconul tehnic român [Romanian technical lexicon] (in Romanian), volume 4, Editura Tehnică, 1952, page 349