cáliz
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A chalice, canting arms of Galicia since the Middle Ages
See also: caliz
Galician
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
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)
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 [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (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
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)
Descendants
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin calyx, from Ancient Greek κάλυξ (kálux).
Noun
cáliz m (plural cálices)
Further reading
- “cáliz”, 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