indice

See also: Indice, índice, and indicé

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪndɪs/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

indice (plural indices)

1. (obsolete) index
2. (obsolete) indication
   • a. 1638 (date written), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Under-woods. Consisting of Divers Poems. (please specify the poem)”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. […] (Second Folio), London: […] Richard Meighen, published 1640, →OCLC:

     You know (without my flatt'ring you) too much / For me to be your indice

References

• “indice”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Cindie, ceinid, dienic, incide

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin indicium, from indicō (“point out, indicate, show”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.dis/

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

  (file)

• Audio (Canada (Shawinigan)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

Noun

indice m (plural indices)

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

Derived terms

• indice de masse corporelle

Verb

indice

1. inflection of indicer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “indice”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈin.di.t͡ʃe/
• Rhymes: -inditʃe
• Hyphenation: ìn‧di‧ce

Noun

indice m (plural indici)

1. index, index finger, forefinger
2. (economics, mathematics) index, rate, rating
3. (books) table of contents
4. (books, short for indice analitico) index
5. indication, sign
6. indicator, pointer

Synonyms

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

Related terms

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

See also

• dito

Anagrams

• cinedi, cnidie, endici, incedi, incide

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

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Italian indicebor.

French indicebor.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Old Latin en

Latin in

Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *déyḱeti

Proto-Italic *deikō

Latin dīcō

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Latin -s

Latin indexlbor.

Romanian indice

Borrowed from Italian indice or French indice, or a learned borrowing from Latin index. Doublet of index and indiciu.

Noun

indice m (plural indici)

1. index

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	indice	indiceul	indici	indicii
genitive-dative	indice	indiceului	indici	indicilor
vocative	indiceule		indicilor

Spanish

Verb

indice

1. inflection of indizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative