soulier

Inherited from Old French soler, from Late Latin subtelāris.

• IPA^(key): /su.lje/

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soulier m (plural souliers)

1. (dated outside Canada, New England, Missouri, Louisiana, footwear) shoe, boot (protective covering for the foot)

   Synonyms: chaussure, (informal) godasse, (informal) grole, (France, slang) pompe

   • 1924, Emmanuel Bove, Mes Amis‎, archived from the original on 27 May 2019:

     Les habits, qui pèsent sur mes mollets, sont plats, tièdes d’un côté seulement. Les lacets de mes souliers n’ont plus de ferrets.

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• More common in Canada and Louisiana than chaussure.

• “soulier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.