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): /kəˈmis/
Noun
comice (plural comices)
- A cultivated variety of pear with yellowish-green and reddish skin, and having juicy flesh.
Latin
Adjective
cōmice
- 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