savate

Meaning

1. savate
2. (colloquial) old slipper

Concepts

savate

slipper

scruffy old shoe

French boxing

French kickboxing

French footfighting

blunderer

bungler

dolt

dope

dullard

dunderhead

muddler

flip-flop

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sa.vat/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French savate (“old shoe”), from Old French chavate, çavate, of unknown origin shared with Spanish zapato. Possibly from Tatar чабата (çabata, “overshoes”), ultimately either from Ottoman Turkish چاپوت (çaput, çapıt, “patchwork, tatters”), from Ottoman Turkish چاپمق (çapmak, “to slap on”), or of Iranian origin, cognate with modern Persian چپت (čapat, “a kind of traditional leather shoe”). Doublet of sabot.