cálice

See also: calice, câlice, and câlicé

Galician

Alternative forms

• cális, cáliz

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese calez / caliz, from Latin calix, calicem.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaliθe/ [ˈkɑ.li.θɪ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈkaliθe/ [ˈkɑ.li.θɪ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /ˈkalise/ [ˈkɑ.li.sɪ]

 

• Rhymes: -aliθe

• Rhymes: -aliθe
• Rhymes: -alise

Noun

cálice m (plural cálices)

1. Alternative form of cáliz

Portuguese

cálice

Alternative forms

• cálix

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.li.si/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.li.si/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.li.se/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈka.li.sɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -alisi, (Portugal) -alisɨ
• Homophone: cale-se (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: cá‧li‧ce

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese calez / caliz (later modified to more closely reflect the Latin source), from Latin calicem.

Noun

cálice m (plural cálices)

1. chalice (large drinking cup)
2. goblet (drinking vessel with a foot and stem)

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin calyx, from Ancient Greek κάλυξ (kálux).

Noun

cálice m (plural cálices)

1. (botany, anatomy) calyx

Derived terms

• cálice renal
• glicocálice

Further reading

• “cálice”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “cálice”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025