socle
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A socle (low plinth or pedestal)
English
Etymology
From French socle, from Italian zoccolo (“wooden shoe”), from Latin socculus, diminutive of soccus (“sock”). Doublet of zoccolo.
Pronunciation
Noun
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.
Synonyms
Translations
a plinth or pedestal
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Anagrams
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian zoccolo (“wooden shoe”), from Latin socculus, diminutive of soccus (“sock”).
Pronunciation
Noun
socle m (plural socles)
- plinth, pedestal, socle
- basis, foundation, core idea
- (geology) basement (mass of rock underlying sedimentary cover)
Descendants
- → Dutch: sokkel
- → English: socle
- → German: Sockel (see there for further descendants)
- → Portuguese: soclo
Further reading
- “socle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.