soquete

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From soco (“punch”) +‎ -ete.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -et͡ʃi, (Portugal) -etɨ
  • Hyphenation: so‧que‧te

Noun

soquete m (plural soquetes)

  1. rammer (tool used to ram the powder in a muzzle-loading cannon)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English socket.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -et͡ʃi, (Portugal) -etɨ
  • Hyphenation: so‧que‧te

Noun

soquete m (plural soquetes)

  1. (Brazil, computing) socket (computing interprocess communication channel)
  2. (Brazil) a light-bulb socket

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French socquette, from English sock.[1]

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɛtɨ
  • Hyphenation: so‧que‧te

Noun

soquete f (plural soquetes)

  1. ankle sock

References

  1. ^ “soquete”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026

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