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pantof
shoe /panˈtof/
noun#1033 most common
Also: footwear item
Example sentences
Acesta este un pantof nou.
This is a new shoe.
Îmi cumpăr pantofi noi pentru petrecere.
I am buying myself new shoes for the party.
Pantofii ei sunt foarte confortabili.
Her shoes are very comfortable.
Am uitat un pantof la ea acasă.
I left one shoe behind at her place.
Pantoful stâng mă strânge de fiecare dată când merg mult.
The left shoe pinches me every time I walk a lot.
Deși pantofii aceștia păreau ieftini, s-au dovedit a fi de o calitate surprinzător de bună.
Although these shoes looked cheap, they turned out to be surprisingly well made.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pantof | pantofi |
| Genitive | pantofului | pantofilor |
| Accusative | pantof | pantofi |
| Vocative | pantofule | pantofilor |
Word family
pantofarshoemaker, cobbler
pantofărieshoe shop or shoemaking trade
încălțămintefootwear in general
papucslipperEtymology
Pantof entered Romanian as a loanword, most likely through Neo-Greek pandófli, itself from Italian pantofola, part of a chain of Mediterranean borrowings for soft indoor footwear. The word is not native Latin stock; it joined Romanian later, alongside many other Balkan trade and clothing terms. Its meaning narrowed over time in Romanian from a soft slipper to the general word for shoe.
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