indice

See also: Indice, índice, and indicé

English

Etymology

From Old French indice, from Latin indicium, from index.

Noun

indice (plural indices)

1. (obsolete) index
2. (obsolete) indication

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Anagrams

• ceinid, dienic, incide

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin index, indicem (“sign, indication; index”), from indicō (“point out, indicate, show”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.dis/

Noun

indice m (plural indices)

1. clue, indication
2. (finance) index
3. (computing) index

Verb

indice

1. first-person singular present indicative of indicer
2. third-person singular present indicative of indicer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of indicer
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of indicer
5. second-person singular imperative of indicer

Further reading

• “indice” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin index, indicem (“sign, indication; index”), from indicō (“point out, indicate, show”). Compare the doublet endice.

Noun

indice m (plural indici)

1. (finger) index, index finger, forefinger
2. (economics, mathematics, etc.) index, rate, rating
3. (books) index
4. indication, sign
5. indicator, pointer

Synonyms

• (finger): dito indice
• (in economics, mathematics): tasso
• (indication): indizio
• (indicator, pointer): lancetta

Related terms

• indicare
• indice dei prezzi
• indice dei prezzi al consumo
• indicativo

See also

• dito

Anagrams

• incedi
• incide

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Latin

Etymology 1

Form of the noun index.

Noun

indice

1. ablative singular of index

Etymology 2

Form of the verb indīcō (“[I] proclaim, announce”).

Verb

indīce

1. second-person singular present active imperative of indīcō

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Spanish

Verb

indice

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