calice
English[edit]
Noun[edit]
calice (plural calices)
- Obsolete form of chalice.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for calice in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin calix, calicem, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek κύλιξ (kúlix). Compare also the inherited Old French chalice.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
calice m (plural calices)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Romanian: caliciu
Interjection[edit]
calice
- (Quebec, slang, euphemistic) Alternative form of câlisse
Further reading[edit]
- “calice”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Latin calicem, from Ancient Greek κύλιξ (kúlix).
Noun[edit]
calice m (plural calici)
Etymology 2[edit]
From Latin calycem, from Ancient Greek κᾰ́λυξ (kálux).
Noun[edit]
calice m (plural calici)
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Noun[edit]
calice
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
calice
- Alternative form of chalis
Old French[edit]
Noun[edit]
calice m (oblique plural calices, nominative singular calices, nominative plural calice)
- (chiefly Christianity) chalice (alternative form of chalice)
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