insole

I1N1S1O1L1E1
UK/ˈɪnsəʊl/US/ˈɪnsoʊl/

noun

The inside sole of a shoe or other footwear.

Similar
innersole
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Meanings

nouninsole (plural insoles)

plural insoles

  1. The inside sole of a shoe or other footwear.
verbinsole (third-person singular simple present insoles, present participle insoling, simple past and past participle insoled)

present singular third person insoles · participle present insoling · participle past insoled · past insoled

  1. transitiveTo fit (footwear) with an insole.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe inner sole of a shoe or boot where the foot rests

Similar
innersole
Broader
sole
Also see
innersole

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From in + sole.

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Translations

Afrikaans binnesool
  • binnesoolinside sole of footwear
Bulgarian стелка
  • стелка (stelka)inside sole of footwear
Catalan plantilla
  • plantillainside sole of footwear
Chinese Mandarin 鞋墊 /鞋垫
  • 鞋墊 /鞋垫 (xiédiàn)inside sole of footwear
Czech stélka, vložka
  • stélkainside sole of footwear
  • vložkainside sole of footwear
Esperanto alplandaĵo
  • alplandaĵoinside sole of footwear
Finnish pohjallinen
  • pohjallineninside sole of footwear
French semelle intérieure
  • semelle intérieureinside sole of footwear
German Einlage, Einlegesohle
  • Einlageinside sole of footwear
  • Einlegesohleinside sole of footwear
Hungarian talpbetét
  • talpbetétinside sole of footwear
Italian soletta
  • solettainside sole of footwear
Japanese 敷き革, インソール
  • 敷き革 (shikigawa)inside sole of footwear
  • インソール (insōru)inside sole of footwear
Polish wkładka
  • wkładkainside sole of footwear
Portuguese palmilha
  • palmilhainside sole of footwear
Russian сте́лька, подкла́дка
  • сте́лька (stélʹka)inside sole of footwear
  • подкла́дка (podkládka)inside sole of footwear
Scottish Gaelic bonn a-staigh
  • bonn a-staighinside sole of footwear
Spanish plantilla, palmilla
  • plantillainside sole of footwear
  • palmillainside sole of footwear
Swedish innersula, inläggssula
  • innersulainside sole of footwear
  • inläggssulainside sole of footwear
Turkish tabanlık
  • tabanlıkinside sole of footwear
Ukrainian віхоть
  • віхоть (vixotʹ)inside sole of footwear

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

insole. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insole

MLA

“insole.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insole. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “insole,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insole.

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