lice
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laɪs/
- Rhymes: -aɪs
French
Etymology 1
From Frankish *listia.
Noun
lice f (plural lices)
- (fortifications) curtain wall
- (historical) pomerium
- (by extension) list, field (for combat); playing field; arena
- Il est entré en lice. He came into contention.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Probably from Vulgar Latin *licia, from Latin lycisca, feminine of lyciscus (“wolf dog”).
Noun
lice f (plural lices)
- (archaic) brach, bitch hound (specifically, dog used for breeding hunting dogs)
Further reading
- “lice” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈl̠ʲɪcɪ/
Latin
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlit͡sɛ/, [ˈlʲit͡sə]
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *lice.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lǐːtse/
- Hyphenation: li‧ce
Noun
líce n (Cyrillic spelling ли́це)
- face
- ukradeno lice ― stolen face(translated name of the film "Face Off")
- (grammar) person
- prvo lice jedine ― first person singular
- prvo lice množine ― first person plural
- (Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia) person, individual
Declension
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *lice, from Proto-Indo-European *līg-
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lìːt͡sɛ/, /líːt͡sɛ/
- Tonal orthography: líce, lȋce
- Hyphenation: li‧ce
Declension
Related terms
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