cauce
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Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman caucié, from Vulgar Latin *calciāta, from either Latin calx (“limestone”) or calciō (“to stamp with the heels, tread”), from calx (“heel”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cauce (plural cauces)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “caucẹ̄(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin calicem. Doublet of cáliz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈkauθe/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈkause/
- Rhymes: -auθe
- Rhymes: -ause
- Syllabification: cau‧ce
Noun
cauce m (plural cauces)
- riverbed
- course (of river)
- Synonym: curso
- current
- Synonym: corriente
- 2023 June 20, Eva Pérez Sorribes, “La Guardia Civil rescata el cadáver de un barranquista atrapado en un barranco de Huesca”, in El País:
- Por la mañana, los rastreos aéreos confirmaron la existencia de una saca —de las que usan para la práctica del barranquismo— flotando en el cauce y al descender con la ayuda de una grúa, pudieron ratificar que era propiedad del fallecido.
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “cauce”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10