foce

Galician

Verb

foce

1. inflection of fozar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fōcem, an early monophthongized variant of faucem. Doublet of fauce, which was borrowed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfo.t͡ʃe/
  • Rhymes: -otʃe
  • Hyphenation: fó‧ce
• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.t͡ʃe/
  • Rhymes: -ɔtʃe
  • Hyphenation: fò‧ce

Noun

foce f (plural foci)

1. mouth (of a river)

   Synonym: (rare) bocca

Derived terms

• foce a delta (“delta”)
• foce a estuario (“estuary”)
• sfociare

See also

• fiume (“river”)
• sbocco

References

• “foce” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN

Further reading

• foce in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• foce in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

Anagrams

• cefo

Latin

Noun

foce

1. vocative singular of focus

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.t͡sɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɔt͡sɛ
• Syllabification: fo‧ce

Noun

foce f

1. dative/locative singular of foka