sock
A knitted or woven covering for the footA knitted or woven covering for the foot.
» There's a hole in this sock.
Diese Socke hat ein Loch.
В этом носке дыра.
У цій шкарпетці дірка.
Meaning
6 sensesA knitted or woven covering for the foot.
Socke, Strumpf
носо́кnosók
шкарпе́ткаškarpétka, носо́кnosók
(historical, uncommon)Synonym of soccus, a light shoe worn by Ancient Greek and Roman comedic actors.
The lower leg of an animal (of an animal) that is a different color (usually white) from the color pattern on the rest of the animal.
A sleeve for a microphone to reduce noise.
(slang)A violent blow; a punch.
A ploughshare.
- hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot; worn inside the shoe; reaches to between the ankle and the knee
- a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind
Examples
604 sentencesThere's a hole in this sock.
У цій шкарпетці дірка. — deniko
ruВ этом носке дыра. — Hellerick
deDiese Socke hat ein Loch. — MUIRIEL
She bought two pairs of socks.
Вона купила дві пари шкарпеток. — deniko
ruОна купила две пары носков. — al_ex_an_der
deSie kaufte zwei Paar Socken. — MUIRIEL
Are these my socks or yours?
Це мої шкарпетки чи твої? — deniko
ruЭто мои носки или твои? — Selena777
I can't find my other sock.
Я не можу знайти свою другу шкарпетку. — deniko
I don't have any clean socks.
У мене немає чистих шкарпеток. — deniko
ruУ меня нет чистых носков. — marafon
deIch habe keine sauberen Socken. — Luiaard
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English socke, sokke, sok, from Old English socc (“sock, light shoe, slipper”)From Middle English socke, sokke, sok, from Old English socc (“sock, light shoe, slipper”), a West Germanic borrowing from Latin soccus (“a light shoe or slipper, buskin”), from Ancient Greek σύκχος (súkkhos, “a kind of shoe”), probably from Phrygian or from an Anatolian language. Beekes compares Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬑𐬀 (haxa, “sole of the foot”). Cognate with Scots sok (“sock, stocking”), West Frisian sok (“sock”), Dutch sok (“sock”), German Socke (“sock”), Danish sok, sokke (“sock”), Swedish sock, socka (“sock”), Icelandic sokkur (“sock”). Doublet of zocco; also related to zoccolo, socle, and zocalo.
Onomatopoeic. Compare Portuguese soco (“a hit with one's hand; a punch”).
From French soc.
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Forms
plural: socksSynonyms
11 synonyms- a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind:windsockwind sockair sockair-sleevewind sleevewind conedrogue
Word family
63 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
Collocations
12 patterns- pair of socks
- his socks on
- off his socks
- socks on inside
- shoes and socks
- wearing socks
- wearing white socks
- his socks off
- wasn't wearing socks
- take his socks
- white socks
- on his socks