chalice

English

Wikipedia

Medieval chalice from Norway.

Etymology

Middle English, from Old French , from Latin calix (“cup”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈtʃæl.ɪs/

Noun

chalice (plural chalices)

1. A large drinking cup, often having a stem and base and used especially for formal occasions and religious ceremonies.
   • 1612, William Shakespeare, Macbeth (First Folio), act 1, scene 7,

     This euen-handed Iuſtice

     Commends th'Ingredience of our poyſon'd Challice

     To our owne lips.

Synonyms

• (large drinking cup): goblet

Translations

large drinking cup

• Bulgarian: потир (bg) (potir) m
• Catalan: calze (ca) m
• Danish: kalk (da) c
• Dutch: kelk (nl) m
• Faroese: kalikur (fo) m, steyp (fo) n
• Finnish: kalkki (fi), malja (fi), pikari (fi)
• French: calice (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Kelch (de) m
• Hebrew: גביע (he) (gavia') m
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: kehely (hu)
• Icelandic: kaleikur (is) m
• Interlingue: cálice (ie)

• Italian: calice (it) m
• Jèrriais: coupe f
• Latin: calix (la) m
• Polish: kielich (pl), puchar (pl)
• Portuguese: cálice (pt) m, cálix (pt) m
• Romani: taxtaj
• Romanian: caliciu (ro) n
• Russian: потир (ru) (potír) m
• Slovak: kalich (sk) m, pohár (sk) m
• Slovene: kelih (sl) m
• Spanish: cáliz (es) m
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can
• West Frisian: tsjelk (fy) n

Anagrams

• caliche

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Old French

Noun

chalice m (oblique plural chalices, nominative singular chalices, nominative plural chalice)

1. chalice