socle
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French socle, from Italian zoccolo (“wooden shoe”), from Latin socculus, diminutive of soccus (“sock”). Doublet of zoccolo.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
socle (plural socles)
- (architecture) A low plinth or pedestal used to display a statue or other artwork.
- (architecture) A plain face or plinth at the foot of a wall.
- (algebra, ring theory) The sum of the minimal normal submodules of a given R-module of a given ring R.
- (group theory) The subgroup generated by the minimal normal subgroups of a given group.
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Translations[edit]
a plinth or pedestal
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Italian zoccolo (“wooden shoe”), from Latin socculus, diminutive of soccus (“sock”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
socle m (plural socles)
- plinth, pedestal, socle
- basis, foundation, core idea
- (geology) basement (mass of rock underlying sedimentary cover)
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Further reading[edit]
- “socle” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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