pantouflard
French
Etymology
From pantoufle (“slipper”) + -ard.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /pɑ̃.tu.flaʁ/
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Adjective
pantouflard (feminine pantouflarde, masculine plural pantouflards, feminine plural pantouflardes)
- (colloquial) stay-at-home
- Ils auront du mal à s’entendre : elle est pantouflarde alors qu’il adore faire la fête.
- They'll have a hard time getting along: she's a homebody and he loves to party.
Noun
pantouflard m (plural pantouflards, feminine pantouflarde)
- (colloquial) couch potato, homebody
- Robert, quel pantouflard, il ne veut pas sortir avec nous en boîte !
- Robert's such a couch potato, he doesn't want to go to the club with us!
- (historical) a member of the non-combatant "home guard" formed of older men during the Siege of Paris (1870–1871)
Further reading
- “pantouflard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.