varice

See also: vařiče, vaříce, and várice

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin varix.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va.ʁis/

Noun

varice f (plural varices)

1. varicose vein
   • 1924, Emmanuel Bove, Mes Amis‎^[1], archived from the original on 27 May 2019:

     Le chauffeur, violet comme une varice, nous observait, les mains sur le volant.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Related terms

• variqueux

Further reading

• “varice”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin varix.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaˈri.t͡ʃe/
• Rhymes: -itʃe
• Hyphenation: va‧rì‧ce

Noun

varice f (plural varici)

1. (medicine) varicose vein

Related terms

• varicocele
• varicoso

Further reading

• varice in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Cervia, averci, ceravi, cervia, creavi, recavi, riceva, veraci

Latin

Adjective

vārice

1. vocative masculine singular of vāricus

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French varice, from Latin varix.

Noun

varice f (uncountable)

1. varicose vein

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	varice	varicea
genitive-dative	varice	varicei
vocative	varice, variceo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /baˈɾiθe/ [baˈɾi.θe]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /baˈɾise/ [baˈɾi.se]
• Rhymes: -iθe
• Rhymes: -ise
• Syllabification: va‧ri‧ce

Noun

varice f (plural varices)

1. Alternative form of variz

Further reading

• “varice”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10