English
Noun
high heels pl (normally plural, singular high heel)
- (footwear) High-heeled shoes.
I look sexier in high heels.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see high, heel.
2009, Cathy Mahon, Rescue Your Back, page 106:Avoid standing for prolonged periods of time, and avoid standing in shoes with high heels.
Synonyms
Descendants
- → Japanese: ハイヒール (hai hīru)
Translations
shoes
- Afrikaans: hoëhakskoene pl
- Arabic: كعب m (kaʕb, kaʕab)
- North Levantine Arabic: سكربينة f (skarbīné)
- Azerbaijani: dikdaban, dikdaban ayaqqabı
- Burmese: ထောက်ဖိနပ် (htaukhpi.nap)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 高踭鞋 (gou1 zaang1 haai4)
- Hokkien: 懸踏鞋 / 悬踏鞋 (koân-ta̍h-ê), 懸踏 / 悬踏 (koân-ta̍h)
- Mandarin: 高跟鞋 (zh) (gāogēnxié)
- Czech: lodičky f pl
- Dutch: hoge hakken n pl
- Finnish: korkokengät pl, korkkarit (fi) (colloquial)
- French: escarpins (fr) m pl, talons hauts (fr) m pl, talons (fr) m pl
- German: hochhackige Schuhe pl, Absatzschuhe pl, Stöckelschuhe (de) pl
- Greek:
- Ancient: βαυκίδες f pl (baukídes)
- Hungarian: magas sarkú (hu), magas sarkú cipő (hu)
- Indonesian: sepatu hak tinggi
- Irish: sála arda f pl
- Italian: scarpe con i tacchi alti f pl
- Japanese: ハイヒール (ja) (hai hīru)
- Korean: 하이힐 (ko) (haihil)
- Lithuanian: aukštakulniai m pl
- Luxembourgish: Talleken pl, Tallekeschung pl
- Navajo: kétalí
- Persian: پاشنههای بلند
- Polish: szpilki (pl) nvir
- Portuguese: tacões m pl, saltos-altos m pl
- Russian: высо́кие каблуки́ m pl (vysókije kablukí)
- Spanish: tacones (es) m pl, tacones altos m pl, zapatos de taco alto m pl
- Swedish: klacksko (sv) c, klackskor (sv) c pl, höga klackar c pl, högklackade skor c pl, högklackat (sv) n
- Turkish: topuklu (tr), topuklu ayakkabı
- Welsh: sodlau uchel m pl or f pl
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