-ice

== English == === Suffix === -ice (no longer productive) Forms abstract nouns. ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === CEI, EIC, IEC == Czech == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Czech -icě, from Proto-Slavic *-ica. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ ɪt͡sɛ] Rhymes: -ɪtsɛ === Suffix === -ice f (noun-forming suffix) suffix indicating that the word is of the feminine gender ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === Přechylování jmen příponou -ice, I., Naše řeč (1932) Přechylování jmen příponou -ice, II., Naše řeč (1932) -ice in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017 == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪ.kɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [i.t͡ʃe] === Suffix === -ice vocative masculine singular of -icus == Middle English == === Suffix === -ice alternative form of -ik == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === -ícia, -ície === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese -ice (also -ece), from Latin -itiem. The /i/ may reflect influence from -iço. Compare Spanish -ez. === Suffix === -ice f (noun-forming suffix, usually uncountable, plural -ices) forms nouns, from adjectives or nouns, denoting a quality or state; -ity; -ness Synonyms: -idade, -eira ‎imundo (“filthy”) + ‎-ice → ‎imundice (“filth”) ‎burro (“dumb”) + ‎-ice → ‎burrice (“dumbness”) ‎mesmo (“same”) + ‎-ice → ‎mesmice (“sameness”) forms nouns denoting an act or behaviour that is typical of the suffixed noun Synonyms: -agem, -ismo ‎gordo (“fat person”) + ‎-ice → ‎gordice (“fat behaviour or act”) ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “-ice”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “-ice”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026