alce

See also: alcé and Alce

Asturian

Noun

alce m (plural alces)

1. elk (UK), moose (US) (largest member of the deer family (Alces alces))

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Galician

Noun

alce m (plural alces)

1. elk (UK), moose (US) (Alces alces)

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Italian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin alces.

Noun

alce m (plural alci)

1. elk (UK), moose (US) (Alces alces)

Anagrams

• cale
• cela

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) alce

1. ablative singular of alcēs

References

• alce in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaw.si/
• IPA^(key): /ˈaw.se/
• Rhymes: -awsi

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin alcem (“elk”).

Noun

alce m or f (plural s)

1. elk (UK), moose (US) (Alces alces, a large northern-hemisphere deer)

Etymology 2

Verb

alce

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈalθe/
• IPA^(key): /ˈalse/

Etymology 1

From Latin alces, of Germanic origin.

Noun

alce m (plural alces)

1. elk (UK), moose (US) (Alces alces)

   Synonyms: ante, anta

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

alce

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of alzar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of alzar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of alzar.

Further reading

• “alce”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014