complice

complice

See also: cómplice

English

Etymology

From Old French.

Noun

complice (plural complices)

1. (obsolete) An accomplice; a supporter.
   • c. 1596–1599, William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene i]:

     The lives of all your loving complices
     Lean on your health; the which, if you give o’er
     To stormy passion, must perforce decay.

   • 1676, Andrew Marvell, Mr. Smirke; or, The Divine Mode, London, p. 11,

     Our Saviour was accused that he would Destroy the Temple. The first Martyr Steven was stoned as a Complice.

   • 1759, David Hume, The History of England under the House of Tudor, London: A. Millar, Volume 1, Chapter 2, p. 340,

     […] a bill confirming the attainder of Somerset and his complices was also rejected by the commons, tho’ it had passed the upper house.

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 1989, OCLC 1071858051

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French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin complex.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.plis/

Adjective

complice (plural complices)

1. kindred, close

Noun

complice m or f by sense (plural complices)

1. accomplice

Related terms

• complicité

Descendants

• → German: Komplize

Further reading

• “complice”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔm.pli.t͡ʃe/, /ˈkom.pli.t͡ʃe/[1]
• Rhymes: -ɔmplitʃe, -omplitʃe
• Hyphenation: còm‧pli‧ce, cóm‧pli‧ce

Noun

complice m or f by sense (plural complici)

1. (also figurative) accomplice

   Synonyms: connivente, correo, compare, socio

Adjective

complice (invariable)

1. thanks to, aided by

   un'ondata di violenza che, complice la crisi salutaria, ha scosso il paese

   a wave of violence that, thanks to the health crisis, has shaken the country

2. (relational) accomplice, accomplice's, of an accomplice

References

1. complice in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French complice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /komˈpli.t͡ʃe/

Noun

complice m (plural complici)

1. accomplice, accessory

Declension

Declension of complice

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) complice	complicele	(niște) complici	complicii
genitive/dative	(unui) complice	complicelui	(unor) complici	complicilor
vocative	complice		complicilor

Noun

complice f (plural complice)

1. female accomplice, accessory

Declension

Declension of complice

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) complice	complicea	(niște) complice	complicele
genitive/dative	(unei) complice	complicei	(unor) complice	complicelor
vocative	complice, compliceo		complicelor

Etymology 2

From complica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [komˈplit͡ʃe]

Verb

complice

1. third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of complica