ботиночки

English translation: below

13:44 Apr 26, 2006

Russian to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Manufacturing / footwear

Russian term or phrase: ботиночки

Hopefully my last question on footwear!

What is the difference between 'botinki' and 'botinochki', or is there not one?

Emily Justice KudoZ activity Questions: 1375 (10 open) (4 without valid answers) (27 closed without grading) Answers: 62 United Kingdom
Local time: 04:54

English translation:below

Explanation:
botinochki i's a diminutive word from botinki. Nothing else.
Do you really need to show such a difference?

Selected response from:

Anatoliy Babich
Ukraine
Local time: 06:54

Grading comment

Thanks to all. In my context, I think I could actually just use 'boots' if it's a diminuitive of botinki. They don't mean children's 'booties' here as they are talking about adult footwear.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +3

booties vs. boots

Olga Sharpe

5 +1

below

Anatoliy Babich

4 -1

infants shoes

Alexander Demyanov

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3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

botinochki

below

Explanation:
botinochki i's a diminutive word from botinki. Nothing else.
Do you really need to show such a difference?

Anatoliy Babich
Ukraine
Local time: 06:54
Native speaker of:

Russian,

Ukrainian
PRO pts in category: 8

Grading comment

Thanks to all. In my context, I think I could actually just use 'boots' if it's a diminuitive of botinki. They don't mean children's 'booties' here as they are talking about adult footwear.

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

botinochki booties vs. boots

Explanation:
it's a bit complicated without context

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Note added at 7 mins (2006-04-26 13:51:40 GMT)
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i think there is might be a difference - booties are shorter than boots

Olga Sharpe
Canada
Local time: 23:54
Native speaker of:

Russian,

Ukrainian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Kevin Kelly: In English there is a difference between booties and boots. One wouldn't talk about a soldier's "booties." I presume a similar distinction exists in Russian.

3 mins

-> thank you kevin!

agree

Sergei Tumanov

14 mins

-> спасибо, сергей!

agree

Oleksandr Melnyk: I would use word "ботиночки" (less formal) when speaking about children's footwear, although phrase "детские ботинки" is also used (more formal)

19 mins

-> thank you oleksandr! i agree with. and i'd also use booties when speaking about boots below the ankle (primarily for women) :)

disagree

Alexander Demyanov: booties are not just "childrens boots" http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&... http://m-w.com/dictionary/booties

1 hr

-> i agree with you alexander. please see my note to oleksandr melnyk.

agree

Olga Layer

5 hrs

-> thank you skolotaja1!

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

infants shoes

Explanation:
http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&rls=RNWE,...

Alexander Demyanov
Local time: 23:54
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 4

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