comice

English

Etymology

French (Doyenne du) Comice, (Dean of the) Show, from comice (agricole), (agricultural) show, from Old French, convention, from Latin comitia.

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈmiːs/
• Rhymes: -iːs

Noun

comice (plural comices)

1. A cultivated variety of pear with yellowish-green and reddish skin, and having juicy flesh.

Latin

Adjective

cōmice

1. vocative masculine singular of cōmicus

References

• “comice”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “comice”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• comice in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.