Phrase guide

seven-league boots

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A pair of boots enabling the wearer to cross seven leagues at one stride.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-normally

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20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: botes de set llegües — boots enabling great stride
  • Chinese Mandarin: 七里靴 (qīlǐ xuē) — boots enabling great stride
  • Czech: sedmimílové boty — boots enabling great stride
  • Dutch: zevenmijlslaarzen — boots enabling great stride
  • Estonian: seitsmepenikoormasaapad — boots enabling great stride
  • Finnish: seitsemän peninkulman saappaat — boots enabling great stride
  • French: bottes de sept lieues — boots enabling great stride
  • German: Siebenmeilenstiefel — boots enabling great stride
  • Hungarian: hétmérföldes csizma — boots enabling great stride
  • Icelandic: sjömílnaskór — boots enabling great stride
  • Italian: stivali delle sette leghe — boots enabling great stride
  • Kazakh: жүрдек етік (jürdek etık) — boots enabling great stride
  • Polish: siedmiomilowe buty — boots enabling great stride
  • Portuguese: botas de sete léguas — boots enabling great stride
  • Russian: сапоги́-скорохо́ды (sapogí-skoroxódy) — boots enabling great stride
  • Russian: семими́льные сапоги́ (semimílʹnyje sapogí) — boots enabling great stride
  • Spanish: botas de siete leguas — boots enabling great stride
  • Swedish: sjumilastövlar — boots enabling great stride
  • Ukrainian: чо́боти-скорохо́ди (čóboty-skoroxódy) — boots enabling great stride
  • Ukrainian: семими́льні чо́боти (semymýlʹni čóboty) — boots enabling great stride