lice

See also -lice

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪs

Noun

lice

1. Plural form of louse.

Anagrams

• ceil
• Icel.
• ICLE
• ILEC

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lis/

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

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)

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Latin

Verb

licē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of liceō

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Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʎiʰkʰʲə/

Noun

lice f

1. genitive singular form of leac

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lice.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lǐːtse/
• Hyphenation: li‧ce

Noun

líce n (Cyrillic spelling ли́це)

1. face
2. (grammar) person

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.

Noun

lice n

1. face

Declension

Declension of lice (neuter, soft)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	lice	lici	lica
accusative	lice	lici	lica
genitive	lica	lic	lic
dative	licu	licema	licem
locative	licu	licih	licih
instrumental	licem	licema	lici