chalice

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English

Medieval chalice from Norway.

Alternative forms

• calice

Etymology

From Middle English chalis, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French chalice, collateral form of calice, borrowed from Latin calix, calicem (“cup”), from Ancient Greek κάλυξ (kálux). Doublet of calyx.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃæl.ɪs/

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Noun

chalice (plural chalices)

1. A large drinking cup, often having a stem and base and used especially for formal occasions and religious ceremonies.
   • 1612, William Shakespeare, Macbeth (First Folio), act 1, scene 7,

     This euen-handed Iuſtice

     Commends th'Ingredience of our poyſon'd Challice

     To our owne lips.

2. A kind of water-cooled pipe for smoking cannabis.

Synonyms

• (large drinking cup): goblet

Derived terms

• chalice drum
• poisoned chalice

Related terms

etymologically related to calix, calicem (“cup”)

• calyx
• kylix

▼ English terms derived from the PIE root *ḱel-‎ (0 c, 3 e)

  apocalypse

  calyx

  occult

Translations

large drinking cup

• Bulgarian: потир m (potir)
• Catalan: calze (ca) m
• Danish: kalk (da) c
• Dutch: kelk (nl) m
• Faroese: kalikur m, steyp n
• Finnish: kalkki (fi), malja (fi), pikari
• French: calice (fr) m
• Georgian: ბარძიმი (ka) (barʒimi), ფიალა (piala), თასი (tasi)
• German: Kelch (de) m
• Hebrew: גביע‎ (he) m (gavia')
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: kehely (hu)
• Icelandic: kaleikur (is) m
• Ido: kupeto (io), kalico (io)
• Interlingue: cálice
• Italian: calice (it) m

• Latin: calix m
• Norman: coupe f
• Persian: ساتگینی‎ (sâtgini)
• Polish: kielich (pl), puchar (pl)
• Portuguese: cálice (pt) m, cálix (pt) m
• Romani: taxtaj
• Romanian: caliciu (ro) n
• Russian: поти́р (ru) m (potír)
• Slovak: kalich m, pohár m
• Slovene: kelih (sl) m
• Spanish: cáliz (es) m
• Swedish: kalk (sv) c
• Tagalog: kalis
• Vilamovian: kełich m
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can
• West Frisian: tsjelk n

References

• “chalice” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

Anagrams

• caliche

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Middle English

Noun

chalice

1. Alternative form of chalis

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Old French

Alternative forms

• calice

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin calix, calicem.

Noun

chalice m (oblique plural chalices, nominative singular chalices, nominative plural chalice)

1. chalice

Descendants

• English: chalice