propice
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French propice. See propitious.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
propice (comparative more propice, superlative most propice)
- (obsolete) Fit; propitious.
- 1569, Richard Grafton, “Richarde the Thirde”, in A Chronicle at Large, and Meere History of the Affayres of Englande, […], London: […] Henry Denham, […], for Richarde Tottle and Humffrey Toye, OCLC 1252105791; republished in Grafton’s Chronicle; or, History of England. […], volume II, London: […] [George Woodfall] for J[oseph] Johnson; […], 1809, OCLC 931124841, page 127:
- First I phantasied that if I list to take vpon me the crowne and imperiall Scepter of the realme, now was the time propice and conuenient.
ReferencesEdit
- propice in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
AnagramsEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Learned borrowing from Latin propitius.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
propice (plural propices)
- (followed by the preposition à) propitious; favorable
- opportune
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
- “propice”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
propice m or f or n (masculine plural propici, feminine and neuter plural propice)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of propice
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | propice | propice | propici | propice | ||
| definite | propicele | propicea | propicii | propicele | |||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | propice | propice | propici | propice | ||
| definite | propicelui | propicei | propicilor | propicelor | |||