escarpin

Borrowed from Italian scarpino, from scarpa (“shoe”).

• IPA^(key): /ɛs.kaʁ.pɛ̃/

escarpin m (plural escarpins)

1. high-heeled woman's shoe
2. (dated) court shoe
   • 1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary […]‎^[1], Paris: Michel Lévy Frères:

     Léon, le lendemain, fenêtre ouverte et chantonnant sur son balcon, vernit lui-même ses escarpins, et à plusieurs couches.

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• Used for shoes with stiletto heels and a generally open design. It may be closed- or open-toed and strappy (sandal-like) or simple (court shoe-like). By contrast, heeled shoes with thick soles or with wedge heels are referred to as compensées (“platforms”), and closed lace-up shoes as bottines (à talon) (“ankle boots, booties”).

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

• pinceras