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See also: cómplice
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French.
Noun[edit]
complice (plural complices)
- (obsolete) An accomplice; a supporter.
- c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
- The lives of all your loving complices
Lean on your health; the which, if you give o’er
To stormy passion, must perforce decay.
- 1676, Andrew Marvell, Mr. Smirke; or, The Divine Mode[1], London, page 11:
- Our Saviour was accused that he would Destroy the Temple. The first Martyr Steven was stoned as a Complice.
- 1759, David Hume, chapter 2, in The History of England under the House of Tudor[2], volume 1, London: A. Millar, page 340:
- […] a bill confirming the attainder of Somerset and his complices was also rejected by the commons, tho’ it had passed the upper house.
References[edit]
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 1989, →OCLC
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Late Latin complex.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
complice (plural complices)
Noun[edit]
complice m or f by sense (plural complices)
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → German: Komplize
Further reading[edit]
- “complice”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔm.pli.t͡ʃe/, /ˈkom.pli.t͡ʃe/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɔmplitʃe, -omplitʃe
- Hyphenation: còm‧pli‧ce, cóm‧pli‧ce
Noun[edit]
complice m or f by sense (plural complici)
- (also figurative) accomplice
- Synonyms: connivente, correo, compare, socio
Adjective[edit]
complice (invariable)
- thanks to, aided by
- un'ondata di violenza che, complice la crisi salutaria, ha scosso il paese
- a wave of violence that, thanks to the health crisis, has shaken the country
- (relational) accomplice, accomplice's, of an accomplice
References[edit]
- ^ complice in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Romanian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from French complice.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
complice m (plural complici)
Declension[edit]
Declension of complice
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) complice | complicele | (niște) complici | complicii |
genitive/dative | (unui) complice | complicelui | (unor) complici | complicilor |
vocative | complice | complicilor |
Noun[edit]
complice f (plural complice)
- female accomplice, accessory
Declension[edit]
Declension of complice
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (o) complice | complicea | (niște) complice | complicele |
genitive/dative | (unei) complice | complicei | (unor) complice | complicelor |
vocative | complice, compliceo | complicelor |
Etymology 2[edit]
From complica.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
complice
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- Rhymes:Italian/ɔmplitʃe
- Rhymes:Italian/ɔmplitʃe/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Italian/omplitʃe
- Rhymes:Italian/omplitʃe/3 syllables
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