lice

English

Etymology

From Middle English lys, from Old English lȳs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laɪs/

  • Audio (Southern England)

    (file)

• Rhymes: -aɪs

Noun

lice

1. plural of louse

Further reading

• lice on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• -icle, Celi, ICLE, ILEC, Icel., ceil, ciel

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lis/
• Homophones: lices, lis/lys, lisse, lissent, lisses

Etymology 1

From Frankish *listia.

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

• en lice

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

• “lice”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

References

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̠ʲɪcɪ/

Noun

lice f sg

1. Alternative form of leice: genitive singular of leac

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lice”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Latin

Verb

licē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of liceō

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlit͡sɛ/,

Verb

lice

1. third-person plural present of licyś

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʎiʰkʰʲə/

Noun

lice f

1. genitive singular of leac

Serbo-Croatian

Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia has an article on:

lice

Wikipedia ^sh

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

See also

• obraz

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

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Related terms

• obràz

Further reading

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