socque

French

Etymology

From Middle French socque (16th c.), a learned borrowing from Latin soccus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔk/

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• Rhymes: -ɔk

Noun

socque m (plural socques)

1. (theater, Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece) sock

   Coordinate term: cothurne

2. clog

Further reading

• “socque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.