spisse

Interlingua

Adjective

spisse (comparative plus spisse, superlative le plus spisse)

1. thick

Latin

Etymology 1

From spissus (“thick, crowded”) +‎ -ē (adverbial suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈspis.seː/, [ˈs̠pɪs̠ːeː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈspis.se/, [ˈspisːe]

Adverb

spissē (comparative spissius, superlative spississimē)

1. thickly, crowdedly

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

spisse

1. vocative masculine singular of spissus

References

• “spisse”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “spisse”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Adjective

spisse

1. definite singular of spiss
2. plural of spiss

Etymology 2

Verb

spisse (imperative spiss, present tense spisser, simple past and past participle spissa or spisset, present participle spissende)

1. to sharpen (e.g. a pencil)

References

• “spisse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

spisse

1. definite singular of spiss
2. plural of spiss