lice

From Middle English lys, from Old English lȳs.

• IPA^(key): /laɪs/

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• Rhymes: -aɪs

lice

1. plural of louse

• lice on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• -icle, Celi, ICLE, ILEC, Icel., ceil, ciel

• IPA^(key): /lis/
• Homophones: lices, lis/lys, lisse, lissent, lisses

From Frankish *listia.^[1]

lice f (plural lices)

1. (fortifications) curtain wall
2. (historical) pomerium
3. (by extension) list, field (for combat); playing field; arena

   Il est entré en lice. ― He came into contention.

• en lice

• → Catalan: lliça
• → Italian: lizza
• → Portuguese: liça
• → Spanish: liza

Probably from Vulgar Latin *licia, from Latin lycisca, feminine of lyciscus (“wolf dog”).

lice f (plural lices)

1. (archaic) brach, bitch hound (specifically, dog used for breeding hunting dogs)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̠ʲɪcɪ/

lice f sg

1. Alternative form of leice: genitive singular of leac

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lice”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

licē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of liceō

• IPA^(key): /ˈlit͡sɛ/, [ˈlʲit͡sə]

lice

1. third-person plural present of licyś

• IPA^(key): /ˈliː.t͡ʃe/

līċe

1. dative singular of līċ

• IPA^(key): /ʎiʰkʰʲə/

lice f

1. genitive singular of leac

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lice.

• IPA^(key): /lǐːt͡se/
• Hyphenation: li‧ce

líce n (Cyrillic spelling ли́це)

1. face

   ukradeno lice ― stolen face (translated name of the film "Face Off")

2. (grammar) person

   prvo lice jedine ― first person singular

   prvo lice množine ― first person plural

3. (Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia) person, individual

• obraz

From Proto-Slavic *lice.

• IPA^(key): /lìːt͡sɛ/, /líːt͡sɛ/
• Hyphenation: li‧ce

līce n

1. (anatomy) cheek
2. (anatomy, archaic) face

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

• obràz

• “lice”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024