foice

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Portuguese

foice

Alternative forms

  • fouce (dated or dialectal)

Etymology

Alteration of fouce. Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fouce, from Latin falcem, from Proto-Indo-European *dhalk-, *dhalg- (“a cutting tool”). Compare Galician fouce, Sicilian fauci, Spanish hoz.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

foice f (plural foices)

  1. scythe
  2. sickle

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French force, from Late Latin fortia, a noun derived from the neuter plural of Latin fortis (“strong”).

Pronunciation

Noun

foice f (plural foices)

  1. strength
  2. force
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