1o_ Type of simple footwear, without heel or heel. There is no security about the origin of the name, but sure is not because of the shoes they wear in China; most likely come from the Italian cianella (pr. chianel-la ), a deformation of pianella ( "planita , chatita" ) from the Latin planus ( "flat, flat" ), by the sole without heel. 2nd_ Festive version of Chinese ( "woman" ) . See flip flop.