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valenki

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

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  • /ˈvalənki/
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noun

Meaning 1

Traditional Russian felt boots.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-normally

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Russian ва́ленки (válenki), singular ва́ленок (válenok).

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Southern Altai: пыйма (pïyma) — winter felt boots
  • Bashkir: быйма (bıyma) — winter felt boots
  • Bashkir: пима (pima) — winter felt boots
  • Belarusian: валёнкі (valjónki) — winter felt boots
  • Bulgarian: ва́ленки (válenki) — winter felt boots
  • Chinese Mandarin: 氈靴 /毡靴 (zhānxuē) — winter felt boots
  • Czech: válenky — winter felt boots
  • Dolgan: каатынка (kaatınka) — winter felt boots
  • Dolgan: каатынкалар (kaatınkalar) — winter felt boots
  • Estonian: vildid — winter felt boots
  • Finnish: huopatossut — winter felt boots
  • French: valenki — winter felt boots
  • German: Walenki — winter felt boots
  • German: Filzstiefel — winter felt boots
  • Greek: βάλενκι (válenki) — winter felt boots
  • Ingrian: hoopakenkä — winter felt boots
  • Japanese: ワレンキ (warenki) — winter felt boots
  • Japanese: バレンキ (barenki) — winter felt boots
  • Karelian: kuatančat — winter felt boots
  • Karelian: singular form kuatančča — winter felt boots
  • Kazakh: пима (pima) — winter felt boots
  • Kazakh: байпақ (baipaq) — winter felt boots
  • Korean: 발렌키 (ballenki) — winter felt boots
  • Kumyk: уюкъ (uyuq) — winter felt boots
  • Kumyk: уюкълар (uyuqlar) — winter felt boots
  • Kyrgyz: пима (pima) — winter felt boots
  • Lithuanian: veltiniai — winter felt boots
  • Polish: walonki — winter felt boots
  • Russian: ва́ленок (válenok) — winter felt boots
  • Russian: ва́ленки (válenki) — winter felt boots
  • Spanish: válenki — winter felt boots
  • Swedish: filtstövel — winter felt boots
  • Tatar: пима (pima) — winter felt boots
  • Ukrainian: повстя́ники (povstjányky) — winter felt boots
  • Ukrainian: ва́лянки (váljanky) — winter felt boots
  • Ukrainian: повстяки́ (povstjaký) — winter felt boots