Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

soke

/soʊk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.96 in modern English

Syllables: soke
IPA: /soʊk/

8

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A soc (a medieval right to hold a court or to receive fines).

noun

A district under a particular jurisdiction.

Etymology

From Middle English soke, from Medieval Latin (Anglo-Latin) sōca "right of jurisdiction", from Old English sōcn (“jurisdiction, prosecution”, literally “act of seeking”), from Proto-West Germanic *sōkni, from Proto-Germanic *sōkniz (“seeking, inquiry”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to track”). Cognates: see English soken. More at sake, seek.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: soke, -, sōcn, *sōkni, *sōkniz, *seh₂g-

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /soʊk/
British English: /səʊk/

Inflected Forms

sokes (plural) soc (alternative) sock (alternative)

Phrases

sake and soke Soke of Peterborough

Frequently Paired Words

socage sokeland sokeman soken

Homonyms

soak

Rhymes With

broke joke smoke spoke stroke woke folk oak coke sport one's oak stoke choke

Questions

How do you pronounce soke?: The recorded pronunciation is /soʊk/.
What does soke mean?: A soc (a medieval right to hold a court or to receive fines).
Where does soke come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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