Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

socle

/ˈsoʊkəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables
so-cle
IPA
/ˈsoʊkəl/
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A low plinth or pedestal used to display a statue or other artwork.

noun

A plain face or plinth at the foot of a wall.

noun

The sum of the minimal normal submodules of a given R-module of a given ring R.

noun

The subgroup generated by the minimal normal subgroups of a given group.

Etymology

From French socle, from Italian zoccolo (“wooden shoe”), from Latin socculus, diminutive of soccus (“sock”). Doublet of zoccolo.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

socles (plural) zocle (alternative)

Synonyms

zocco

Rhymes With

local vocal focal yokel subvocal nonvocal bocal bivocal semivocal jokul

Questions

How do you pronounce socle?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsoʊkəl/.
What does socle mean?
A low plinth or pedestal used to display a statue or other artwork.
Where does socle come from?
It is traced to French.

How to pronounce socle

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