Meanings
nounvalenki pl (normally plural, singular valenok)
singular valenok
- pluralplural normallyTraditional Russian felt boots.
With our feet protected from frostbite in our valenki, we were able to walk outside. The valenki came just in time, since the temperature was falling rapidly and the winter was fierce beyond normal.
1999, Hanna Davidson Pankowsky, East of the Storm: Outrunning the Holocaust in Russia
Origin
- Russianва́ленки
- Englishvalenki
From Russian ва́ленки (válenki), singular ва́ленок (válenok).
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Bulgarian ва́ленки
- ва́ленки (válenki)winter felt boots
Chinese Mandarin 氈靴 /毡靴
- 氈靴 /毡靴 (zhānxuē)winter felt boots
Czech válenky
- válenkywinter felt boots
Estonian vildid
- vildidwinter felt boots
Finnish huopatossut
- huopatossutwinter felt boots
French valenki
- valenkiwinter felt boots
German Walenki, Filzstiefel
- Walenkiwinter felt boots
- Filzstiefelwinter felt boots
Greek βάλενκι
- βάλενκι (válenki)winter felt boots
Japanese ワレンキ, バレンキ
- ワレンキ (warenki)winter felt boots
- バレンキ (barenki)winter felt boots
Korean 발렌키
- 발렌키 (ballenki)winter felt boots
Lithuanian veltiniai
- veltiniaiwinter felt boots
Polish walonki
- walonkiwinter felt boots
Russian ва́ленок, ва́ленки
- ва́ленок (válenok)winter felt boots
- ва́ленки (válenki)winter felt boots
Spanish válenki
- válenkiwinter felt boots
Swedish filtstövel
- filtstövelwinter felt boots
Ukrainian повстя́ники, ва́лянки
- повстя́ники (povstjányky)winter felt boots
- ва́лянки (váljanky)winter felt boots
- повстяки́ (povstjaký)winter felt boots
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Cite this entry
APA
valenki. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/valenki
MLA
“valenki.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/valenki. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “valenki,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/valenki.
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