cáliz

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See also: caliz

Galician

A chalice, canting arms of Galicia since the Middle Ages

Alternative forms

cález, cálice, cális

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): , (western)

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese calez, caliz (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), a semi-learned borrowing from Latin calix, calicis.

Noun

cáliz m (plural cálices)

chalice, goblet
- 1307, M. Lucas Álvarez, P. Lucas Domínguez, editors, El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media: estudio y documentos, Sada / A Coruña: Edicións do Castro, page 440:
  hun calez de prata d'un marco et meo, que seia laurado et dourado arredor nas orelas
  a silver chalice of a mark and a half, sculpted and gilded around on the rim

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin calyx, from Ancient Greek κάλυξ (kálux).

Noun

cáliz m (plural cálices)

(botany) calyx

References

Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “calez”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “calez”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cáliz”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cáliz”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cáliz”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

cáliz (desambiguación) on Spanish Wikipedia

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈkaliθ/
IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈkalis/
Rhymes: -aliθ
Rhymes: -alis
Syllabification: cá‧liz

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin calicem. Doublet of cauce.

Noun

cáliz m (plural cálices)

chalice, goblet
(poetic) cup, glass
Synonym: copa

Descendants

→ Cebuano: kalis
→ Hiligaynon: kalis
→ Tagalog: kalis

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin calyx, from Ancient Greek κάλυξ (kálux).

Noun

cáliz m (plural cálices)

(botany) calyx

Further reading

“cáliz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28

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