calice

See also: cálice

English

Noun

calice (plural calices)

1. 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin calix, calicem.

Pronunciation

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Noun

calice m (plural calices)

1. chalice

Interjection

calice

1. (Quebec, slang) Alternative form of câlisse.

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Italian

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Etymology 1

From Latin calix, calicem.

Noun

calice m (plural calici)

1. cup or goblet (for drinking)
2. chalice

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin calyx, calycem.

Noun

calice m (plural calici)

1. (botany, anatomy) calyx

Anagrams

• cecali, cicale, leccai, leccia

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Latin

Noun

calice

1. ablative singular of calix

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Old French

Noun

calice m (oblique plural calices, nominative singular calices, nominative plural calice)

1. (chiefly Christianity) chalice