macis
French
Etymology
From Middle French macis, from Old French macis, from late Medieval Latin macis, possibly a corruption of Latin macir (denoting a different red spice from India), from Ancient Greek μάκιρ (mákir, “macir”), an eastern loanword of unknown further origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.si/
Noun
macis m (uncountable)
- mace (spice)
Descendants
- → Greek: μασίς (masís)
Further reading
- “macis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hungarian
Etymology
maci (“little bear, teddy bear”) + -s (“-like, -related”, adjective-forming suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmɒt͡siʃ]
- Hyphenation: ma‧cis
- Rhymes: -iʃ
Adjective
macis (comparative macisabb, superlative legmacisabb)
- bearlike, teddy bear-like, sturdy, burly (chiefly as an attribute of physique)
- Synonyms: mackós, medvés
- Antonym: vékony
Declension
Inflection of macis | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | macis | macisak |
accusative | macisat macist | macisakat |
dative | macisnak | macisaknak |
instrumental | macissal | macisakkal |
causal-final | macisért | macisakért |
translative | macissá | macisakká |
terminative | macisig | macisakig |
essive-formal | macisként | macisakként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | macisban | macisakban |
superessive | macison | macisakon |
adessive | macisnál | macisaknál |
illative | macisba | macisakba |
sublative | macisra | macisakra |
allative | macishoz | macisakhoz |
elative | macisból | macisakból |
delative | macisról | macisakról |
ablative | macistól | macisaktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular | macisé | macisaké |
non-attributive possessive - plural | maciséi | macisakéi |
Italian
Etymology
From Medieval Latin macis, corrupted from Latin macir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈma.t͡ʃis/
- Rhymes: -atʃis
- Hyphenation: mà‧cis
Noun
macis m or f (invariable)
- mace (spice)
Old French
Etymology
From Medieval Latin macis, possible corruption of Latin macir, the name of a different spice, q.v.
Noun
macis m (nominative singular macis)
- mace (spice)
Descendants
- Middle French: macis
- → Middle English: macys, maas, mace, maces, macez, macz, mases, masis, masys, mauce
- English: mace
- → Japanese: メース (meisu)
- → Maori: meihi
- English: mace
- French: macis
- → Greek: μασίς (masís)
- → Middle English: macys, maas, mace, maces, macez, macz, mases, masis, masys, mauce
Portuguese
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈsis/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /maˈsiʃ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐˈsiʃ/
Noun
macis m (uncountable)
- mace (spice made from nutmeg kernel)
Spanish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈmaθis/ [ˈma.θis]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈmasis/ [ˈma.sis]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -aθis
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -asis
- Syllabification: ma‧cis
Noun
macis f (plural macis)
- mace (spice)
Further reading
- “macis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014