dulce
English
Etymology 1
Alteration of earlier douce, from Middle English douce, from Old French douz, douce.
Etymology 2
From Middle English doucen, from the adjective (see above)).
Verb
dulce (third-person singular simple present dulces, present participle dulcing, simple past and past participle dulced)
Etymology 3
Alteration of dulse.
Noun
dulce (plural dulces)
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 dulce in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin dulcis, dulcem, from Proto-Indo-European *dl̥kú-.
Latin
Adverb
dulcē (not comparable)
- Synonym of dulciter
- c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, Metamorphoses 5.1:
- tanta mentis perturbatione sedata, dulce conquievit.
- with so great a disturbance of mind having been calmed, she rested pleasantly.
- tanta mentis perturbatione sedata, dulce conquievit.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
References
- dulce in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dulce in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dulce in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin dulcis, dulcem, from Proto-Indo-European *dl̥kú-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdult͡ʃe/
Inflection
Antonyms
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin dulcis, dulcem, from Proto-Indo-European *dl̥kú-. Also found in Old Spanish with the forms duz, duce (compare Portuguese doce)[1].
Pronunciation
- (Castilian) IPA(key): /ˈdulθe/, [ˈd̪ul̟θe]
- (Latin America) IPA(key): /ˈdulse/, [ˈd̪ulse]
Adjective
Derived terms
Noun
dulce m (plural dulces)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “dulce” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.