цоколь

Formerly цо́коло (cókolo) (in the time of Peter the Great); borrowed from Italian zoccolo, from Latin socculus, diminutive of soccus.

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sokəlʲ]

цо́коль • (cókolʹ) m inan (genitive цо́коля, nominative plural цо́коли, genitive plural цо́колей, relational adjective цо́кольный)

1. (architecture) socle (plinth, i.e. thickened bottom part of a wall or pedestal, often used to display art work)
2. (technical) base (e.g. the metal base of a light bulb, used to screw it into the socket)
3. (geology) basement, foundation

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “цоколь”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.