foice

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === fouce (dated or dialectal) === Etymology === Alteration of fouce. Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fouce, from Latin falcem, from Proto-Indo-European *dhalk-, *dhalg- (“a cutting tool”). Compare Galician fouce, Sicilian fauci, Spanish hoz. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -ojsi, (Portugal) -ojsɨ Homophone: foi-se Hyphenation: foi‧ce === Noun === foice f (plural foices) scythe sickle === Further reading === “foice”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “foice”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Walloon == === Etymology === From Old French force, from Late Latin fortia, a noun derived from the neuter plural of Latin fortis (“strong”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fwas/ === Noun === foice f (plural foices) strength force