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Meaning of babouche | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
bəˈbuːʃ

Definitions

A Turkish or Moroccan slipper having no heel.

Equivalents

العربية بابوش
Deutsch Babusche
Esperanto babuŝo
Español babucha
فارسی پاپوش
Français babouche
Italiano babbuccia
日本語 バブーシュ
Português babucha
Русский бабу́ша
Türkçe terlik

Examples

“BABOUCHE, S. F. (soulier des Turcs, & autres peuples orientaux,) a Shoe worn by the Turks, and other Oriental Nations.”
“Everything that the reader of the Arabian Nights expects to find is here: […] the tunnelled passages where indolent merchants with bare feet crouch in their little kennels hung with richly ornamented saddlery and arms, or with slippers of pale citron leather and bright embroidered babouches; […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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