savate

Borrowed from French savate.

• IPA^(key): /səˈvɑːt/

savate (uncountable)

1. a form of French martial art that involves combinations of punching and kicking moves

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Inherited from Middle French savate (“old shoe”), from Old French chavate, çavate, of unknown origin shared with Spanish zapato. Possibly from Tatar чабата (çabata, “overshoes”), ultimately either from Ottoman Turkish چاپوت (çaput, çapıt, “patchwork, tatters”), from Ottoman Turkish چاپمق (çapmak, “to slap on”), or of Iranian origin, cognate with modern Persian چپت (čapat, “a kind of traditional leather shoe”). Doublet of sabot.

• IPA^(key): /sa.vat/

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savate f (plural savates)

1. (sports) savate

   Synonym: chausson

2. (colloquial) old slipper

• “savate”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from French savate.

savate m (uncountable)

1. (martial arts) savate

• deporte de combate