fouce

== Galician == === Alternative forms === foi, fouz, fouza === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fouce (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin falcem, from Proto-Indo-European *dhalk-, *dhalg- (“a cutting tool”). Cognate with Portuguese foice, Asturian foz, Spanish hoz, Catalan falç. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfowθɪ/, (western) /ˈfowsɪ/ === Noun === fouce f (plural fouces) a strong sickle usually provided with a large handle scythe Synonym: gadaña ==== Derived terms ==== fouce rozadoira fouciño === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “fouce”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “fouce”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fouce”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fouce”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fouce”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Old Galician-Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin falcem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfow.t͡se/ === Noun === fouce f (plural fouces) sickle scythe ==== Descendants ==== Fala: foici, fueici Galician: fouce Portuguese: foice, fouce (dated or dialectal) === Further reading === Universo Cantigas - "fouce" == Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fouce, from Latin falcem (“heel”). === Pronunciation === Homophone: fosse Hyphenation: fou‧ce === Noun === fouce f (plural fouces) alternative form of foice === Further reading === “fouce”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “fouce”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026