Pantofle

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈpantÉ™flÌ©/, /panˈtÉ’flÌ©/

Alternative forms

• pantable
• pantoble

Origin

From Middle French pantoufle ("slipper"), of uncertain origin.

Full definition of pantofle

Noun

1. (now archaic, historical) A slipper. from 15th c.
• 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, III.2.1.i:And although she threatened to break his bow and arrows, to clip his wings, and whipped him besides on the bare buttocks with her pantofle, yet all would not serve ….----