alce
See also: alcé and Alce
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin alces.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈalθe/, [ˈal̟.θe]
Noun
alce m (plural alces)
- elk (UK), moose (US) (largest member of the deer family (Alces alces))
Galician
Noun
alce m (plural alces)
- elk (UK), moose (US) (Alces alces)
Italian
Etymology
From Latin alces.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈal.t͡ʃe/
- Rhymes: -altʃe
- Hyphenation: àl‧ce
Noun
alce m or f (plural alci)
- elk (UK), moose (US) (Alces alces)
Anagrams
- cale, cela
Latin
Noun
alce
- ablative singular of alcēs
References
- alce in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈaw.si/ [ˈaʊ̯.si]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈaw.se/ [ˈaʊ̯.se]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈal.s(ɨ)/ [ˈaɫ.s(ɨ)]
- Rhymes: -alsɨ, -awsi
- Hyphenation: al‧ce
Etymology 1
From Latin alcem (“elk”).
Noun
alce m (plural alces)
- elk (UK), moose (US) (Alces alces, a large northern-hemisphere deer)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
alce
- inflection of alçar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈalθe/ [ˈal̟.θe]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈalse/ [ˈal.se]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -alθe
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -alse
- Syllabification: al‧ce
Etymology 1
From Latin alces, of Germanic origin.
Noun
alce m (plural alces)
- elk (UK), moose (US) (Alces alces)
- Synonyms: ante, anta
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
alce
- inflection of alzar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “alce”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014