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papuc

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papuc¹

  • /paˈpuk/

Rhymes with -uk

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پابوج (pâbuc), پاپوش (pâpûş), from Persian پاپوش (pâ-puš).

noun papuci · papuc · papucul · papucii

  1. masculine slipper
  2. broadly, informal, masculine shoe
  3. Transylvania, Western, masculine fine boot
  4. Transylvania, masculine army boot
  5. masculine cable terminal
  6. masculine shoe (an iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile)

Papuc²

Where it comes from

From papuc.

proper noun lui Papuc

  1. masculine a surname

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MLA

"papuc." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/papuc. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

papuc. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/papuc

Chicago

"papuc." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/papuc.

BibTeX
@misc{papuc_2026,
  title = {papuc},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/papuc},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}