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feminine

/ʃo.sɛt/

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Translation

sock

Word origin

A diminutive of chausse, the old word for a leg covering, from Latin calceus ('shoe'), from calx ('heel').

Origin: Latin
Root: calceus

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Pluralchaussettes

Examples

I am looking for my left sock.

, .

Put your socks on, it's cold.

These socks have a hole in them.

She bought three pairs of socks.

One sock vanished in the machine.

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This word is part of lesson 51.