dulce

dulce

See also: Dulce

English

Etymology 1

Alteration of earlier douce, from Middle English douce, from Old French douz, douce. Doublet of doux.

Adjective

dulce (comparative more dulce, superlative most dulce)

1. (obsolete) sweet

Noun

dulce (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) sweetness

Etymology 2

From Middle English doucen, from the adjective (see above).

Verb

dulce (third-person singular simple present dulces, present participle dulcing, simple past and past participle dulced)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To make sweet; to soothe.

Etymology 3

Alteration of dulse.

Noun

dulce (countable and uncountable, plural dulces)

1. Alternative form of dulse
2. seaweed; kelp

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 dulce in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

• Leduc, clued

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Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin dulcis.

Adjective

dulce

1. sweet

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin dulcem, accusative of dulcis (“sweet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdulθe/, [ˈd̪ul̟.θe]

Adjective

dulce (epicene, plural dulces)

1. sweet

Related terms

• dulzura

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Latin

Etymology 1

From the neuter accusative case form of dulcis.

Adverb

dulce (not comparable)

1. Synonym of dulciter: sweetly, agreeably, delightfully
   • ~70 BCE, Gaius Valerius Catullus, Codex Vaticanus Ottobonianus Latinus 1829 Carmina 51:

     Ille mi par esse deo videtur, / ille, si fas est, superare divos, / qui sedens adversus identidem te / spectat et audit // dulce ridentem, misero quod omnes / eripit sensus mihi: nam simul te, / Lesbia, aspexi, nihil est super mi / <vocis in ore;> // lingua sed torpet, tenuis sub artus / flamma demanat, sonitu suopte / tintinant aures, gemina teguntur / lumina nocte.

     He seems to me to be equal to a god, / he, if it is permissible, / seems to surpass the gods, / who sitting opposite again and again / watches and hears you // sweetly laughing, which rips out all senses / from miserable me: for at the same moment I look upon you, / Lesbia, nothing is left for me / <of my voice in my mouth;> // But my tongue grows / thick, a thin flame / runs down beneath my limbs, with their own sound / my ears ring, my lights (eyes) / are covered by twin night.

   • c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, Metamorphoses 5.1:

     tanta mentis perturbatione sedata, dulce conquievit.

     with so great a disturbance of mind having been calmed, she rested pleasantly.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

dulce

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of dulcis

References

• “dulce”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “dulce”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dulce in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin dulcis (“sweet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdult͡ʃe/

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Adjective

dulce m or f or n (plural dulci)

1. sweet

Declension

Declension of dulce

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	dulce		dulce	dulci	dulci
	definite	dulcele		dulcea	dulcii	dulcile
genitive/ dative	indefinite	dulce		dulci	dulci	dulci
	definite	dulcelui		dulcii	dulcilor	dulcilor

Antonyms

• amar

Derived terms

• dulceag
• dulceață
• dulciu

Related terms

• îndulci
• dulcoare

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dulcem, accusative of dulcis (“sweet”). Also found in Old Spanish with the forms duz, duce (compare Portuguese doce)[1]. Cognate with English dulcet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈdulθe/ [ˈd̪ul̟.θe]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈdulse/ [ˈd̪ul.se]

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• (Spain) Rhymes: -ulθe
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -ulse
• Syllabification: dul‧ce

Adjective

dulce (plural dulces, superlative dulcísimo)

1. sweet (having a pleasant taste, especially induced by sugar)
   • 2004, Akira Yamaoka, Tender Sugar (translated from English)

     Me salva la dulce azúcar, es la habitación que me confina

   Antonym: salado

2. (of water) fresh (without salt)

   Antonym: salada

3. sweet (having a pleasant disposition)

Derived terms

• agridulce
• agua dulce
• batata dulce
• chile dulce
• dulce de leche
• dulcemente
• dulce o travesura (“trick-or-treat”) (Mexico)
• dulce o truco (“trick-or-treat”)
• dulces sueños
• dulcificar
• dulzor
• dulzura
• flauta dulce
• pan dulce
• patata dulce
• sidra dulce

 

Noun

dulce m (plural dulces)

1. candy, sweet

   Synonyms: caramelo, (Spain) chuche

2. sweet food, dessert
3. thick jelly or fudge

   Synonyms: ate, manjar

Derived terms

• dulce de leche
• dulce de membrillo
• dulce macho

Related terms

• dulcería
• dulcero

 

Descendants

• → O'odham: lu꞉lsi

References

1. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Further reading

• “dulce”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014