calice
English edit
Noun edit
calice (plural calices)
References edit
- “calice”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
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 oblique singular, m (oblique plural calices, nominative singular calices, nominative plural calice)
- (chiefly Christianity) chalice (alternative form of chalice)