soulier
See also: Soulier
Champenois
Alternative forms
- (Rémois) soleuilleu
- (Langrois) seuler
Etymology
Inherited from Old French soler, from Late Latin subtelāris.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /su.ʎe/
Noun
soulier m (plural souliers)
- (Troyen) shoe
References
- Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)[1] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
- Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux[2] (in French), Troyes
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French soler, from Late Latin subtelāris.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /su.lje/
Audio: (file)
Noun
soulier m (plural souliers)
- (dated outside North America, footwear) shoe, boot (protective covering for the foot)
- 1924, Emmanuel Bove, Mes Amis[3], archived from the original on 27 May 2019:
- Les habits, qui pèsent sur mes mollets, sont plats, tièdes d’un côté seulement. Les lacets de mes souliers n’ont plus de ferrets.
- The clothes, which weigh on my calves, are flat, warm on only one side. The laces of my shoes no longer have aglets.
Usage notes
- More common in Canada and Louisiana than chaussure.
Derived terms
- être dans ses petits souliers
Further reading
- “soulier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.