flip-flop

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (UK, US) A sandal consisting of a rubber sole fastened to the foot by a rubber thong fitting between the toes and around the sides of the foot.
2. A change of places; an inversion or swap.
3. (US) A change of places; an inversion or swap.
4. A bistable; an electronic switching circuit that has either two stable states (switching between them in response to a trigger) or a stable and an unstable state (switching from one to the other and back again in response to a trigger), and which is thereby capable of serving as one bit of memory.
5. The sound of a regular footfall.
6. A somersault.
7. (US, slang) A return trip.
8. (derogatory, offensive, slang) A person or inhabitant of the Middle East, or a Muslim nation, particularly Afghanistan.

Verb

To alternate back and forth between directly opposite opinions, ideas, or decisions.

Concepts

tong

volte-face

claquette

gougoune

échanger

interrupteur

mouvement

nu-pieds

pantoufle

sandale

👡

tapette

échangeur

multivibrateur

pédale d’accélération

salto

savate

clic-clac

babouche

slache

bascule

changer

chausson

Synonymes

thong

change of mind

U-turn

flip

slipper

switch

swing back and forth

tack

interchange

alternate

reversal

turnabout

FF

turnaround

be in a dilemma

flopover

trigger source

toggle flipflop

trigger unit

toggle circuit

about turn

accelerator pedal

jandal

oscillate

shoe

👞

toggle

about-face

toggle switch

trigger

volte-face

backpedal

F

turn upside-down

Traductions

Flipflop

chancla

infradito

chinelo

flip-flop

chancletas

bamba

babutxa

Latsch

Latschen

Pantoffel

Hausschuh

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈflɪpˌflɒp/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Onomatopoeic. Most probably an imitation of the sound produced when walking in them.