lice
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English lys, from Old English lȳs.
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lice
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French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
lice f (plural lices)
- (fortifications) curtain wall
- (historical) pomerium
- (by extension) list, field (for combat); playing field; arena
- Il est entré en lice. ― He came into contention.
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Etymology 2 edit
Probably from Vulgar Latin *licia, from Latin lycisca, feminine of lyciscus (“wolf dog”).
Noun edit
lice f (plural lices)
- (archaic) brach, bitch hound (specifically, dog used for breeding hunting dogs)
Further reading edit
- “lice”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
References edit
- ^ Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “5084. *līstia”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 366
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lice f sg
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lice”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Latin edit
Verb edit
licē
Lower Sorbian edit
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lice
Scottish Gaelic edit
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lice f
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lice.
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Noun edit
líce n (Cyrillic spelling ли́це)
- face
- ukradeno lice ― stolen face (translated name of the film "Face Off")
- (grammar) person
- prvo lice jedine ― first person singular
- prvo lice množine ― first person plural
- (Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia) person, individual
Declension edit
Declension of lice
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Slovene edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *lice.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
līce n
Inflection edit
Neuter, soft | |||
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nom. sing. | líce | ||
gen. sing. | líca | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
líce | líci | líca |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
líca | líc | líc |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
lícu | lícema | lícem |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
líce | líci | líca |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
lícu | lícih | lícih |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
lícem | lícema | líci |
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “lice”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran