Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

babouche

/bəˈbuːʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: babouche
IPA: /bəˈbuːʃ/

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Turkish or Moroccan slipper having no heel.

Example Sentences

"BABOUCHE, S. F. (soulier des Turcs, & autres peuples orientaux,) a Shoe worn by the Turks, and other Oriental Nations."
"Everything that the reader of the Arabian Nights expects to find is here: […] the tunnelled passages where indolent merchants with bare feet crouch in their little kennels hung with richly ornamented saddlery and arms, or with slippers of pale citron leather and bright embroidered babouches; […]"

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: *ped-, babouche, بَابُوش, پاپوش

Inflected Forms

babouches (plural)

Synonyms

harem slipper

Rhymes With

douche whoosh cartouche louche baba ganoush barouche ruche croquembouche farouche debouche capuche tarboosh

Questions

How do you pronounce babouche?: The recorded pronunciation is /bəˈbuːʃ/.
What does babouche mean?: A Turkish or Moroccan slipper having no heel.
Where does babouche come from?: It is traced to French.

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