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babouche

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /bəˈbuːʃ/
  • rhymes with -uːʃ

1

noun

Meaning 1

A Turkish or Moroccan slipper having no heel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: harem slipper

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From French babouche, from Arabic بَابُوش (bābūš), from Persian پاپوش (pâpuš, “slipper”).

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بَابُوش (bābūš) — Turkish or oriental slipper
  • Arabic: شبشب (šebšeb) — Turkish or oriental slipper
  • Arabic: بلغة (bulḡa) — Turkish or oriental slipper
  • Arabic: بلغة (bulḡa) — Turkish or oriental slipper
  • Arabic: بلغة (balḡa) — Turkish or oriental slipper
  • Armenian: հողաթափեր (hoġatʻapʻer) — Turkish or oriental slipper
  • Catalan: babutxa — Turkish or oriental slipper
  • Chinese Mandarin: 平底拖鞋 (píngdǐ tuōxié) — Turkish or oriental slipper
  • Esperanto: babuŝo — Turkish or oriental slipper
  • Finnish: babouche-tossu — Turkish or oriental slipper
  • French: babouche — Turkish or oriental slipper
  • German: Babusche — Turkish or oriental slipper
  • Ido: babucho — Turkish or oriental slipper
  • Italian: babbuccia — Turkish or oriental slipper
  • Japanese: バブーシュ (babūshu) — Turkish or oriental slipper
  • Kazakh: бәпіш (bäpış) — Turkish or oriental slipper
  • Persian: پاپوش (pâ-puš) — Turkish or oriental slipper
  • Portuguese: babucha — Turkish or oriental slipper
  • Russian: бабу́ша (babúša) — Turkish or oriental slipper
  • Spanish: babucha — Turkish or oriental slipper
  • Turkish: terlik — Turkish or oriental slipper
  • Ottoman Turkish: باشمق (başmak) — Turkish or oriental slipper