Sockel

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɔkəl/, [ˈzɔkl̩]

• Audio:

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Noun

Sockel m (genitive Sockels, plural Sockel)

1. base
2. pedestal, plinth
3. socket for a chip or CPU

Descendants

• → Icelandic: sökkull
• → Norwegian: sokkel
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: со̀кл, цо̀кл

  Latin script: sòkl, còkl

• → Swedish: sockel
  • → Finnish: sokkeli

Further reading

• “Sockel” in Duden online
• Sockel on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de