Meaning

15 senses

  1. The bottom or plantar surface of the foot.

    Fußsohle

    подо́шваpodóšva, ступняstupnja

    підо́шваpidóšva

    the underside of the foot

  2. The bottom of a shoe or boot.

    Sohle, Schuhsohle

    подо́шваpodóšva, подмёткаpodmjótka

    підо́шваpidóšva, підме́ткаpidmétka

  3. Solea solea, a flatfish of the family Soleidae; a true sole.

    Seezunge

    морско́й язы́кmorskój jazýk

  4. (broadly)A flatfish resembling those of the family Soleidae.

  5. The bottom or lower part of anything, or that on which anything rests in standing.

    The bottom of the body of a plough; the slade.

  6. The bottom of a furrow.

  7. The end section of the chanter of a set of bagpipes.

  8. The horny substance under a horse's foot, which protects the more tender parts.

  9. The bottom of an embrasure.

  10. A piece of timber attached to the lower part of the rudder, to make it even with the false keel.

  11. The floor inside the cabin of a yacht or boat

  12. The seat or bottom of a mine; applied to horizontal veins or lodes.

Examples

81 sentences

  1. Being an only child, he was the sole heir.

    deAls Einzelkind war er der Alleinerbe.

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  2. I'm the sole survivor.

    deIch bin der einzige Überlebende.

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  3. Tom is the sole heir.

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  4. Most shoe soles nowadays are made from foam.

    Більшість підошв на сьогоднішний день робиться з піни.

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  5. The sole equality on earth is death.

    ruЕдинственное равенство на земле - смерть.

    deDie einzige Gleichheit auf der Erde ist der Tod.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
bottom of the foot:
bottom of a shoe or boot:
Русский
By meaning 3
bottom of the foot:
bottom of a shoe or boot:
fish:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
bottom of the foot:
bottom of a shoe or boot:
fish:

Origin

From Middle English sole, soole, from Old English sole, solu. Reinforced by Anglo-Norman s

From Middle English sole, soole, from Old English sole, solu. Reinforced by Anglo-Norman sole, Old French sole, from Vulgar Latin *sola (“bottom of the shoe”, also “flatfish”), from Latin solea (“sandal, bottom of the shoe”), from Proto-Indo-European *swol- (“sole”). Cognate with Dutch zool (“sole, tread”), German Sohle (“sole, insole, bottom, floor”), Danish sål (“sole”), Icelandic sóli (“sole, outsole”), Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌻𐌾𐌰 (sulja, “sandal”). Related to Latin solum (“bottom, ground, soil”). More at soil.

From Middle English sol, from Old English sol (“mire, miry place”), from Proto-Germanic *sulą (“mire, wallow, mud”), from Proto-Indo-European *sūl- (“thick liquid”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian soal (“ditch”), Dutch sol (“water and mud filled pit”), German Suhle (“mire, wallow”), Norwegian saula, søyla (“mud puddle”). More at soil.

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Forms

plural: soles

Synonyms

2 synonyms
planta
Close in meaning

Word family

26 related words
Derivedunsolebootsolecrepe solefinless solefringed solegray solehalf soleinnersoleinsolelemon solemidsoleoutsolepetrale soleshoesoleslipsolesmooth solesolebarsolelesssole-likesolepiecesoleplatetongue soletrue soleundersole

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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