espadrille

Borrowed from French espadrille.

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

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.

• espadrille on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• persillade

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

• IPA^(key): /ɛs.pa.dʁij/

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espadrille f (plural espadrilles)

1. (Europe) espadrille

   Synonyms: espade, spardègne, spartille

2. (North America) sneaker, running shoe

   Synonyms: basket, tennis

• → English: espadrille
• → North Levantine Arabic: سپدرين (spadrīn)
• → Tunisian Arabic: سبادري (spēdri)

• “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.

• escadrille