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masculine
/kalθeˈtin/
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Translation
sock
Word origin
Diminutive of the old word calceta ('stocking'), from Latin calcea, a covering for the leg, ultimately from calx ('heel'). The same Latin root gives the English anatomical term 'calcaneus', the heel bone.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- calx
- English cognates
- calcaneus
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralcalcetines
Examples
roto izquierdo.
My left sock has got a hole in it.
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Where is the other sock?
lana.
In winter I wear woollen socks.
revés.
The little boy put his socks on inside out.
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I bought three pairs of socks at the market.
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