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
    • 1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary […]‎[1], Paris: Michel Lévy Frères:
      On s'arrêtait à la barrière; Emma débouclait ses socques, mettait d'autres gants, rajustait son châle, et, vingt pas plus loin, elle sortait de l'hirondelle.
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