lice

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See also: -lice, líce, and Lice

English

Etymology

From Middle English lys, from Old English lȳs.

Pronunciation

Noun

lice

  1. plural of louse

Further reading

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Frankish *listia.[1]

Noun

lice f (plural lices)

  1. (fortifications) curtain wall
  2. (historical) pomerium
  3. (by extension) list, field (for combat); playing field; arena
    Il est entré en lice. ― He came into contention.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Catalan: lliça
  • → Italian: lizza
  • → Portuguese: liça
  • → Spanish: liza

Etymology 2

Probably from Vulgar Latin *licia, from Latin lycisca, feminine of lyciscus (“wolf dog”).

Noun

lice f (plural lices)

  1. (archaic) brach, bitch hound (specifically, dog used for breeding hunting dogs)

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “5084. *līstia”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 366

Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

lice f sg

  1. Alternative form of leice: genitive singular of leac

Further reading

Latin

Verb

licē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of liceō

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

Verb

lice

  1. third-person plural present of licyś

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

Noun

lice f

  1. genitive singular of leac

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lice.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lǐːt͡se/
  • Hyphenation: li‧ce

Noun

líce n (Cyrillic spelling ли́це)

  1. face
    ukradeno lice ― stolen face (translated name of the film "Face Off")
  2. (grammar) person
    prvo lice jedine ― first person singular
    prvo lice množine ― first person plural
  3. (Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia) person, individual

Declension

Declension of lice
singular plural
nominative lice lica
genitive lica licâ
dative licu licima
accusative lice lica
vocative lice lica
locative licu licima
instrumental licem licima

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lice.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lìːt͡sɛ/, /líːt͡sɛ/
  • Hyphenation: li‧ce

Noun

līce n

  1. (anatomy) cheek
  2. (anatomy, archaic) face

Inflection

 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Neuter, soft
nom. sing. líce
gen. sing. líca
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		líce líci líca
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		líca líc líc
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		lícu lícema lícem
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		líce líci líca
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		lícu lícih lícih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		lícem lícema líci

Further reading

  • “lice”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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