cauce

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === calcee, causy === Etymology === From Anglo-Norman caucié, from Vulgar Latin *calciāta, from either Latin calx (“limestone”) or calciō (“to stamp with the heels, tread”), from calx (“heel”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kau̯ˈseː/, /ˈkau̯seː/ === Noun === cauce (plural cauces) A raised and surfaced road; highway or causeway. ==== Derived terms ==== cawcewey ==== Descendants ==== ⇒ English: causeway Yola: caushe → Irish: cabhsa ==== References ==== “caucẹ̄(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin calicem. Doublet of cáliz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkauθe/ [ˈkau̯.θe] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /ˈkause/ [ˈkau̯.se] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -auθe (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) Rhymes: -ause (Latin America, Philippines) Syllabification: cau‧ce === Noun === cauce m (plural cauces) riverbed Synonyms: álveo, cuérrago, madre, lecho course (of river) Synonym: curso current Synonym: corriente ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “cauce”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025