calice

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See also: cálice, câlice, and câlicé

English

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Noun

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calice (plural calices)

  1. Obsolete form of chalice.

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin calix, calicem, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek κύλιξ (kúlix). Compare also the inherited Old French chalice.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ka.lis/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -is

Noun

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calice m (plural calices)

  1. chalice

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Romanian: caliciu

Interjection

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calice

  1. (Quebec, slang, euphemistic) Alternative form of câlisse

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈka.li.t͡ʃe/
  • Rhymes: -alitʃe
  • Hyphenation: cà‧li‧ce

Etymology 1

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From Latin calicem, from Ancient Greek κύλιξ (kúlix).

Noun

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calice m (plural calici)

  1. cup or goblet (for drinking); large glass (of wine)
  2. chalice
  3. flute

Etymology 2

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From Latin calycem, from Ancient Greek κᾰ́λυξ (kálux).

Noun

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calice m (plural calici)

  1. (botany, anatomy) calyx

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Latin

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Noun

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calice

  1. ablative singular of calix

Middle English

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Noun

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calice

  1. Alternative form of chalis

Old French

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Noun

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calice oblique singularm (oblique plural calices, nominative singular calices, nominative plural calice)

  1. (chiefly Christianity) chalice (alternative form of chalice)