knee sock

See also: kneesock

English

Noun

knee sock (plural knee socks)

1. (chiefly in the plural) A sock that reaches almost up to the knee.
   • 1980, Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, page 62:

     Nasty unpolished toe-crushing boots are equally acceptable, but don't let anyone see you wearing neat woolly knee-socks.

Synonyms

• knee high

Translations

a sock that reaches almost up to the knee

• Belarusian: гольф m (holʹf)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 膝上襪／膝上袜 (xīshàngwà)

• Czech: podkolenka (cs) f
• Danish: knæstrømpe c
• Dutch: kniekous (nl) f
• Esperanto: ĝisgenua ŝtrumpo
• Finnish: polvisukka (fi)
• French: mi-bas (fr) m, demi-bas (fr) m
• German: Kniestrumpf (de) m
• Hungarian: térdzokni (hu)
• Italian: gambaletto (it) m
• Japanese: ハイソックス (hai sokkusu), ニーソックス (nī sokkusu)
• Korean: 무릎양말 (mureupyangmal), 니삭스 (nisakseu)
• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: zakolanówka (pl) f, podkolanówka (pl) f
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: șosetă trei sferturi f, ciorap trei sferturi m
• Russian: гольф (ru) m (golʹf)
• Spanish: calceta larga f
• Swedish: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: гольф (uk) m (holʹf)
• Vietnamese: tất nhỡ