socle

English

Etymology

From French socle, from Italian zoccolo ‘wooden shoe’, from Latin socculus, diminutive of soccus ‘sock’.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsəʊkəl/
• Rhymes: -əʊkəl

Noun

socle (plural socles)

Wikipedia

1. (architecture) A low plinth or pedestal used to display a statue or other art work.
2. (mathematics) The sum of the minimal submodules of a given R-module of a given ring R.
3. (mathematics, group theory) The subgroup generated by the minimal normal subgroups of a given group.

Synonyms

• (a plinth or pedestal): zocco, zocle

Translations

a plinth or pedestal

French: socle (fr) m.

Swedish: sockel c.

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɔkl/, SAMPA: /sOkl/

Noun

socle m. (plural socles)

1. plinth, pedestal, socle
2. basis, foundation, core idea

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