calice
English
Noun
calice (plural calices)
- Obsolete form of chalice.
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 calice in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- acicle, celiac
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin calix, calicem, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek κύλιξ (kúlix). Compare also the inherited Old French chalice.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.lis/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -is
Noun
calice m (plural calices)
- chalice
Derived terms
- boire le calice jusqu'à la lie
Descendants
- → Romanian: caliciu
Interjection
calice
- (Quebec, slang, euphemistic) Alternative form of câlisse
Further reading
- “calice”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈka.li.t͡ʃe/
- Rhymes: -alitʃe
- Hyphenation: cà‧li‧ce
Etymology 1
From Latin calicem, from Ancient Greek κύλιξ (kúlix).
Noun
calice m (plural calici)
- cup or goblet (for drinking); large glass (of wine)
- chalice
- flute
Etymology 2
From Latin calycem, from Ancient Greek κᾰ́λυξ (kálux).
Noun
calice m (plural calici)
- (botany, anatomy) calyx
Anagrams
- cecali, cicale, leccai, leccia
Latin
Noun
calice
- ablative singular of calix
Middle English
Noun
calice
- Alternative form of chalis
Old French
Noun
calice m (oblique plural calices, nominative singular calices, nominative plural calice)
- (chiefly Christianity) chalice (alternative form of chalice)