chalice

chalice

English

Medieval chalice from Norway.

Alternative forms

• calice

Etymology

From Middle English chalis, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French chalice, collateral form of calice, borrowed from Latin calix, calicem (“cup”), from Ancient Greek κάλυξ (kálux). Doublet of calyx and kelch.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃæl.ɪs/

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• Rhymes: -ælɪs

Noun

chalice (plural chalices)

1. A large drinking cup, often having a stem and base and used especially for formal occasions and religious ceremonies.

   Synonym: goblet

   • c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene vii], page 135, column 1:

     [W]e but teach / Bloody Inſtructions, which, being taught, returne / To plague th' Inuentor. This euen-handed Iuſtice / Commends th' Ingredience of our poyſon'd Challice / To our owne lips.

2. A kind of water-cooled pipe for smoking cannabis.

Derived terms

• chalice drum
• mixed chalice
• poisoned chalice

Related terms

• calyx
• kylix

Translations

large drinking cup

Albanian: këlshejt (sq) m Belarusian: паці́р m (pacír), ку́бак m (kúbak), ча́ша f (čáša), ке́ліх m (kjélix) Bulgarian: поти́р m (potír), ку́бок m (kúbok) Catalan: calze (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 聖爵／圣爵 (shèngjué) Czech: kalich (cs) m Danish: kalk (da) c Dutch: kelk (nl) m Esperanto: kaliko Estonian: karikas Faroese: kalikur m, steyp n Finnish: kalkki (fi), malja (fi), pikari French: calice (fr) m Galician: cáliz m Georgian: ბარძიმი (ka) (barʒimi), ფიალა (piala), თასი (tasi) German: Kelch (de) m Greek: κύπελλο (el) n (kýpello), δισκοπότηρο (el) n (diskopótiro) Hebrew: גָּבִיעַ‎ (he) m (gavía) Hindi: चषक (hi) m (caṣak) Hungarian: kehely (hu) Icelandic: kaleikur (is) m Ido: kupeto (io), kalico (io) Italian: calice (it) m Japanese: 聖爵 (せいしゃく, seishaku) Korean: 성작(聖爵) (seongjak) Latin: calix m Macedonian: путир m (putir) Norman: coupe f Norwegian: Bokmål: kalk m Persian: ساتگینی‎ (sâtgini) Polish: kielich (pl) m, puchar (pl) m Portuguese: cálice (pt) m, cálix (pt) m Romani: taxtaj Romanian: caliciu (ro) n, potir (ro) n Russian: поти́р (ru) m (potír), ку́бок (ru) m (kúbok), ча́ша (ru) f (čáša) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ка̏леж m, пу̀тӣр m Roman: kȁlež (sh) m, pùtīr (sh) m Slovak: kalich m, pohár m Slovene: kelih (sl) m Spanish: cáliz (es) m Swedish: kalk (sv) c Tagalog: kalis Turkish: kadeh (tr) Ugaritic: 𐎖𐎁𐎓𐎚 (qbʿt) Ukrainian: поти́р m (potýr), ку́бок m (kúbok), ча́ша f (čáša), ке́лих m (kélyx) Vilamovian: kełich m Volapük: please add this translation if you can West Frisian: tsjelk n

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “chalice”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

• caliche

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Middle English

Noun

chalice

1. Alternative form of chalis

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Old French

Alternative forms

• calice

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin calix, calicem.

Noun

chalice m (oblique plural chalices, nominative singular chalices, nominative plural chalice)

1. chalice

Descendants

• French: calice
  • → Romanian: caliciu
• Anglo-Norman:
  • → Middle English: chalis (see there for further descendants)
  • → Irish: cailís