calice

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See also: cálice, câlice, and câlicé

English

Noun

calice (plural calices)

  1. Obsolete form of chalice.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin calix, calicem, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek κύλιξ (kúlix). Compare also the inherited Old French chalice.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.lis/
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  • Rhymes: -is

Noun

calice m (plural calices)

  1. chalice

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Romanian: caliciu

Interjection

calice

  1. (Quebec, slang, euphemistic) Alternative form of câlisse

Further reading

Italian

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.li.t͡ʃe/
  • Rhymes: -alitʃe
  • Hyphenation: cà‧li‧ce

Etymology 1

From Latin calicem, from Ancient Greek κύλιξ (kúlix).

Noun

calice m (plural calici)

  1. cup or goblet (for drinking); large glass (of wine)
  2. chalice
  3. flute

Etymology 2

From Latin calycem, from Ancient Greek κᾰ́λυξ (kálux).

Noun

calice m (plural calici)

  1. (botany, anatomy) calyx

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

calice

  1. ablative singular of calix

Middle English

Noun

calice

  1. Alternative form of chalis

Old French

Noun

calice oblique singular, m (oblique plural calices, nominative singular calices, nominative plural calice)

  1. (chiefly Christianity) chalice (alternative form of chalice)
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