bootee en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈbuːti/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-der.? Proto-Germanic *bautaną Frankish *bautander.? Old French botebor. Middle English bote English boot English -ee English bootee From boot + -ee (diminutive suffix).
Meanings
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A soft, woolen shoe, usually knitted, for a baby or small pet.
Take off the baby's bootees before you put her in the crib.
‘No,’ said Luke, grinning at her. ‘You're not dull enough! […] What about the kid's clothes? I don't suppose they were anything to write home about, but didn't you keep anything? A bootee or a bit of embroidery or anything at all?’
1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 15, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
- A thick sock worn under a wetsuit.
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An overshoe or sock worn to cover dirty shoes or feet.
Surgeons often slip on bootees before entering the operating room.
Just above the Sunset Strip, construction workers in white bootees were putting the final touches on another home — a 14,000-square-foot house that Mr. Niami is building for himself.
2017 December 23, Candace Jackson, “Who Wants to Buy the Most Expensive House in America?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bootie | alternative | lexicographic | |
| bootees | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
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Translations (18)
de Babysocke (a soft, woolen shoe, usually knitted, for a baby or small pet) · fi suojatossu (shoe cover) · pl ochraniacz na obuwie (shoe cover) · ru бахила (shoe cover) · fr bottillon (shoe cover) · ko 덧신 (shoe cover) · ru пине́тка (a soft, woolen shoe, usually knitted, for a baby or small pet) · it scarpina di lana (a soft, woolen shoe, usually knitted, for a baby or small pet) · ca peüc (a soft, woolen shoe, usually knitted, for a baby or small pet) · cs návlek (shoe cover) · ca peüc (shoe cover) · de Schuhüberzieher (shoe cover) · cs dětská botička (a soft, woolen shoe, usually knitted, for a baby or small pet) · pt sapatinho (a soft, woolen shoe, usually knitted, for a baby or small pet) · hu babacipő (a soft, woolen shoe, usually knitted, for a baby or small pet) · de Schuhüberzug (shoe cover) · pl bucik (a soft, woolen shoe, usually knitted, for a baby or small pet) · fr chausson (a soft, woolen shoe, usually knitted, for a baby or small pet)