vietnami papucs

Hungarian

Etymology

vietnami (“Vietnamese”) + papucs (“sandal”). These flip-flops were originally imported from Vietnam. Compare Czech and Slovak vietnamky, Ukrainian в'єтнамки (vʺjetnamky) and Russian вьетнамки (vʹjetnamki). It's also possible that it is from Russian.

Noun

vietnami papucs (plural vietnami papucsok)

  1. flip-flop, thong (a sandal, usually of rubber, secured to the foot by two straps mounted between the big toe and its neighbour)

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