SIST EN ISO 19952:2025

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-april-2025
Obutev - Slovar (ISO 19952:2025)
Footwear - Vocabulary (ISO 19952:2025)
Schuhe - Begriffe (ISO 19952:2025)
Chaussures - Vocabulaire (ISO 19952:2025)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 19952:2025
ICS:
01.040.61 Oblačilna industrija (Slovarji) Clothing industry
(Vocabularies)
61.060 Obuvala Footwear
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN ISO 19952
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
February 2025
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 01.040.61; 61.060 Supersedes EN ISO 19952:2005
English Version
Footwear - Vocabulary (ISO 19952:2025)
Chaussures - Vocabulaire (ISO 19952:2025) Schuhe - Begriffe (ISO 19952:2025)
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 10 February 2025.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this
European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references
concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN
member.
This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by
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Contents Page
European foreword . 3

European foreword
This document (EN ISO 19952:2025) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 216
"Footwear" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 309 “Footwear” the secretariat of which
is held by UNE.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by August 2025, and conflicting national standards shall
be withdrawn at the latest by August 2025.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supersedes EN ISO 19952:2005.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards
body/national committee. A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland,
Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of
North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the
United Kingdom.
Endorsement notice
The text of ISO 19952:2025 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 19952:2025 without any modification.

International
Standard
ISO 19952
Second edition
Footwear — Vocabulary
2025-01
Chaussures — Vocabulaire
Reference number
ISO 19952:2025(en) © ISO 2025
ISO 19952:2025(en)
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ISO 19952:2025(en)
Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction .v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
3.1 Footwear materials .1
3.2 Footwear manufacturing .4
3.3 Footwear components . 13
3.4 Footwear type . 25
3.5 Footwear performance . 39
3.6 Other terms .43
Bibliography .50
Index .52

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ISO 19952:2025(en)
Foreword
ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards
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This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 216, Footwear, in collaboration with the
European Committee for Standardization (CEN) Technical Committee CEN/TC 309, Footwear, in accordance
with the Agreement on technical cooperation between ISO and CEN (Vienna Agreement).
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO 19952:2005), which has been technically
revised.
The main changes are as follows:
— additional terms were added, such as antimicrobial footwear, bottom wall, boxing footwear, bridge,
components in contact with the skin, critical substances, drawn-up toe, extended sole spike heel, stiletto
heel, etc.;
— synonyms were combined, such as box toe and toe puff, runner and through sole, built heel and stack
heel etc.;
— some definitions were reviewed, such as bottom assembly, children’s footwear, etc.;
— terms were updated based on industry developments, for example double sole was changed to
multilayer sole;
— some unnecessary terms were deleted, such as school footwear/children’s school footwear.
Any feedback or questions on this document should be directed to the user’s national standards body. A
complete listing of these bodies can be found at www.iso.org/members.html.

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Introduction
This document defines terms and definitions used in the footwear industry, in order to facilitate
communication and understanding across trade, designers, universities, manufacturers etc. in the footwear
sector. This document defines each type of footwear under the current technological processes.

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Footwear — Vocabulary
1 Scope
This document defines terms used in the footwear industry.
2 Normative references
There are no normative references in this document.
3 Terms and definitions
ISO and IEC maintain terminology databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https:// www .iso .org/ obp
— IEC Electropedia: available at https:// www .electropedia .org/
3.1 Footwear materials
3.1.1
abrasive
hard substance that can wear away a softer material by rubbing it
Note 1 to entry: An abrasive is usually used to prepare materials for bonding.
3.1.2
adhesive
cement
chemical compound used for bonding two surfaces together
3.1.3
backer
piece of material applied to another usually to add strength or reinforcement
3.1.4
binding
narrow strip of material attached or wrapped around an edge (of a section)
3.1.5
bottom filling
bottom filler
material used to fill the void inside the lasted margin above the outsole assembly (3.2.2)
EXAMPLE Felt or cork.
Note 1 to entry: See Figure 2, Figure 3, Figure 4, Figure 5 and Figure 10.

ISO 19952:2025(en)
3.1.6
bridge
footwear support
piece of hardened paper, plastic, wood or other material to support footwear and maintain its shape during
transportation and storage
Note 1 to entry: Filled-paper can also act as bridge.
3.1.7
coated fabric
textile covered with a polymer or plastic coating such as polyurethane, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) or rubber
3.1.8
coated leather
coated split leather
leather (3.1.20) and split leather where the surface coating, applied to the outer side, does not
exceed one third of the total thickness of the product but is in excess of 0,15 mm
[SOURCE: ISO 15115:2019, 3.22, modified — The preferred term “coated and coated split leather” has been
changed to two preferred terms “coated leather” and “coated split leather”.]
3.1.9
coating
layer formed on the surface (3.6.22) of a substrate with a single or multiple application of material
3.1.10
combined material
composite material
material constituted of a combination of several different raw materials which cannot
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