calice

See also: cálice

English

Noun

calice (plural calices)

  1. Obsolete form of chalice.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for calice in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

French

Etymology

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

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

Noun

calice m (plural calices)

  1. chalice

Interjection

calice

  1. (Quebec, slang) Alternative form of câlisse

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈka.li.t͡ʃe/, [ˈkäːl̺it͡ʃe]
  • Rhymes: -alitʃe
  • Hyphenation: cà‧li‧ce

Etymology 1

From Latin calicem, accusative case form of calix, from Ancient Greek κύλιξ (kúlix).

Noun

calice m (plural calici)

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

Etymology 2

From Latin calycem, accusative case form of calyx, from Ancient Greek κᾰ́λυξ (kálux).

Noun

calice m (plural calici)

  1. (botany, anatomy) calyx

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

calice

  1. ablative singular of calix

Middle English

Noun

calice

  1. Alternative form of chalis

Old French

Noun

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

  1. (chiefly Christianity) chalice
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