cáliz

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See also: caliz

Galician

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A chalice, canting arms of Galicia since the Middle Ages

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkɑliθ], (western) [ˈkɑlis]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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cáliz m (plural cálices)

  1. 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

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

Noun

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cáliz m (plural cálices)

  1. (botany) calyx

References

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Spanish

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 cáliz (desambiguación) on Spanish Wikipedia

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈkaliθ/ [ˈka.liθ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈkalis/ [ˈka.lis]
  • Rhymes: -aliθ
  • Rhymes: -alis
  • Syllabification: cá‧liz

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin calicem. Doublet of cauce.

Noun

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cáliz m (plural cálices)

  1. chalice, goblet
  2. (poetic) cup, glass
    Synonym: copa
Descendants
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  • Cebuano: kalis
  • Hiligaynon: kalis
  • Tagalog: kalis

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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cáliz m (plural cálices)

  1. (botany) calyx

Further reading

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