Socket

//ˈsɒkɪt//

Synonyms for "socket" (47 found)

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Closest matches (10)

Strong matches (14)

Adjective(1 words)
female

Related words (23)

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7 relation types

More general

4 entries

Related terms

1 entries

derived

12 entries

has context

3 entries

is a

3 entries

part of

4 entries

related to

13 entries

Translations

163 translations across 67 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • prizë noun (mechanical opening)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • ὁλμίσκος noun (mechanical opening)
  • ὁλμίσκος noun (hollow in a bone)

Arabic

4 entries
  • بريزه noun (mechanical opening)
  • كبس noun (mechanical opening)
  • كوبس noun (mechanical opening)
  • مَقْبِس noun (mechanical opening)

Armenian

4 entries
  • բնիկ noun (mechanical opening)
  • կոթառ noun (mechanical opening)
  • հարակցիչ noun (mechanical opening)
  • վարդակ noun (mechanical opening)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • rozetka noun (mechanical opening)
  • taxıc yuvası noun (mechanical opening)
  • yuvacıq noun (mechanical opening)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • гняздо́ noun (mechanical opening)
  • разды́м noun (mechanical opening)
  • разе́тка noun (mechanical opening)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • гнездо́ noun (mechanical opening)
  • контакт noun (mechanical opening)
  • розе́тка noun (mechanical opening)
  • сокет noun (computing interprocess communication channel)

Burmese

1 entries
  • မီးခေါင်း noun (mechanical opening)

Catalan

1 entries
  • endoll noun (mechanical opening)

Chinese

1 entries
  • 插座 noun (mechanical opening)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 插座 noun (mechanical opening)
  • 插蘇 /插苏 noun (mechanical opening)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 套接字 noun (computing interprocess communication channel)
  • 插口 noun (mechanical opening)
  • 插座 noun (mechanical opening)

Czech

4 entries
  • důlek noun (hollow in a bone)
  • jamka noun (hollow in a bone)
  • patice noun (mechanical opening)
  • soket noun (computing interprocess communication channel)

Danish

2 entries
  • stikdåse noun (mechanical opening)
  • stikkontakt noun (mechanical opening)

Dutch

4 entries
  • fitting noun (mechanical opening)
  • kas noun (hollow in a bone)
  • kom noun (hollow in a bone)
  • stopcontact noun (mechanical opening)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • aksingo noun (mechanical opening)
  • ampolingo noun (mechanical opening)
  • ingo noun (mechanical opening)
  • konektingo noun (mechanical opening)

Estonian

1 entries
  • pesa noun (mechanical opening)

Faroese

2 entries
  • stikkkontakt noun (mechanical opening)
  • stungudós noun (mechanical opening)

Finnish

4 entries
  • istukka noun (mechanical opening)
  • kuoppa noun (hollow in a bone)
  • ontelo noun (hollow in a bone)
  • pistoke noun (computing interprocess communication channel)

French

4 entries
  • capsule noun (hollow in a bone)
  • cavité noun (hollow in a bone)
  • douille noun (mechanical opening)
  • orbite noun (hollow in a bone)

Georgian

1 entries
  • როზეტი noun (mechanical opening)

German

4 entries
  • Buchse noun (mechanical opening)
  • Fassung noun (mechanical opening)
  • Höhle noun (hollow in a bone)
  • Sockel noun (mechanical opening)

Greek

4 entries
  • κόγχη noun (hollow in a bone)
  • πρίζα noun (mechanical opening)
  • ρευματοδότης noun (mechanical opening)
  • φατνίο noun (hollow in a bone)

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • ikkussuiffik noun (mechanical opening)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • שֶׁקַע noun (mechanical opening)

Hindi

1 entries
  • सॉकेट noun (mechanical opening)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • aljzat noun (mechanical opening)
  • csatlakozóaljzat noun (mechanical opening)
  • dugalj noun (mechanical opening)
  • dugaszolóaljzat noun (mechanical opening)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • innstunga noun (mechanical opening)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • soket noun (mechanical opening)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • پِریز noun (mechanical opening)

Irish

1 entries
  • soicéad noun (mechanical opening)

Italian

2 entries
  • presa noun (mechanical opening)
  • zoccolo noun (mechanical opening)

Japanese

2 entries
  • コンセント noun (mechanical opening)
  • ソケット noun (computing interprocess communication channel)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • розетка noun (mechanical opening)
  • рәзеткі noun (mechanical opening)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ឌូយ noun (mechanical opening)

Korean

3 entries
  • 소케트 noun (mechanical opening)
  • 소켓 noun (computing interprocess communication channel)
  • 콘센트 noun (mechanical opening)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • розетка noun (mechanical opening)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຮູສຽບໄຟຟ້າ noun (mechanical opening)

Latvian

2 entries
  • kontaktligzda noun (mechanical opening)
  • ligzda noun (mechanical opening)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • rozetė noun (mechanical opening)

Luhya

1 entries
  • esoket noun (mechanical opening)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • приклучница noun (mechanical opening)
  • утичница noun (mechanical opening)

Malay

1 entries
  • soket noun (mechanical opening)

Mongolian

3 entries
  • разетк noun (mechanical opening)
  • розетка noun (mechanical opening)
  • эм залгуур noun (mechanical opening)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • kontakt noun (mechanical opening)
  • stikkontakt noun (mechanical opening)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Hollinj noun (mechanical opening)

Polish

4 entries
  • gniazdko noun (mechanical opening)
  • gniazdko elektryczne noun (mechanical opening)
  • gniazdo noun (computing interprocess communication channel)
  • oczodół noun (hollow in a bone)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • cavidade noun (hollow in a bone)
  • socket noun (computing interprocess communication channel)
  • soquete noun (computing interprocess communication channel)
  • tomada noun (mechanical opening)

Romanian

4 entries
  • dulie noun (mechanical opening)
  • fasung noun (mechanical opening)
  • priză noun (mechanical opening)
  • soclu noun (mechanical opening)

Romansch

1 entries
  • bischla da contact noun (mechanical opening)

Russian

4 entries
  • глазни́ца noun (hollow in a bone)
  • гнездо́ noun (mechanical opening)
  • патро́н noun (mechanical opening)
  • разъём noun (mechanical opening)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • ùtičnica noun (mechanical opening)
  • у̀тичница noun (mechanical opening)

Slovak

2 entries
  • pätica noun (mechanical opening)
  • zásuvka noun (mechanical opening)

Slovene

1 entries
  • vtičnica noun (mechanical opening)

Spanish

4 entries
  • cuenca noun (hollow in a bone)
  • enchufe noun (mechanical opening)
  • glena noun (hollow in a bone)
  • toma noun (mechanical opening)

Swahili

1 entries
  • soketi noun (mechanical opening)

Swedish

1 entries
  • uttag noun (mechanical opening)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • entsupe noun (mechanical opening)

Tajik

1 entries
  • розетка noun (mechanical opening)

Thai

3 entries
  • ซ็อกเก็ต noun (mechanical opening)
  • ซ็อกเก็ต noun (computing interprocess communication channel)
  • เต้ารับ noun (mechanical opening)

Tibetan

3 entries
  • བསྒར་གནད noun (mechanical opening)
  • བསྒར་མིག noun (mechanical opening)
  • སྒྲོག་མཐུད་ཡི་གེ noun (computing interprocess communication channel)

Turkish

1 entries
  • priz noun (mechanical opening)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • гніздо́ noun (mechanical opening)
  • роз'є́м noun (mechanical opening)
  • розе́тка noun (mechanical opening)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries
  • tykačka noun (mechanical opening)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • rozetka noun (mechanical opening)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • ổ cắm điện noun (mechanical opening)
  • ổ điện noun (mechanical opening)

Welsh

1 entries
  • soced noun (mechanical opening)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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The eye socket is the bone receptacle in which the eye fits.

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The new trendy way to drink vodka is to pour it directly into your eye socket. However, doing so could seriously damage your vision.

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Take the fork out of the electric socket.

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There are sparks flying out of the electric socket.

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