indice
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French indice, from Latin indicium, from index.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
indice (plural indices)
- (obsolete) index
- (obsolete) indication
- 1640, Ben Jonson, Underwood
- You know (without my flatt'ring you) too much
For me to be your indice
- You know (without my flatt'ring you) too much
- 1640, Ben Jonson, Underwood
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for indice in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
AnagramsEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin indicium, from indicō (“point out, indicate, show”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
indice m (plural indices)
VerbEdit
indice
- first-person singular present indicative of indicer
- third-person singular present indicative of indicer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of indicer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of indicer
- second-person singular imperative of indicer
Further readingEdit
- “indice” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin index, indicem (“sign, indication; index”), from indicō (“point out, indicate, show”). Compare the doublet endice.
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -inditʃe
NounEdit
indice m (plural indici)
- (finger) index, index finger, forefinger
- (economics, mathematics, etc.) index, rate, rating
- (books) index
- indication, sign
- indicator, pointer
SynonymsEdit
- (finger): dito indice
- (in economics, mathematics): tasso
- (indication): indizio
- (indicator, pointer): lancetta
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
AnagramsEdit
LatinEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Form of the noun index.
NounEdit
indice
Etymology 2Edit
Form of the verb indīcō (“[I] proclaim, announce”).
VerbEdit
indīce
SpanishEdit
VerbEdit
indice