lice

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English lys, from Old English lȳs. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /laɪs/ Rhymes: -aɪs === Noun === lice plural of louse (proscribed) louse ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === lice on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === -icle, Celi, ICLE, ILEC, Icel., ceil, ciel == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lis/ Homophones: lices, lis/lys, lisse, lissent, lisses === Etymology 1 === From Frankish *listia. Compare German Leiste (“lath”). ==== Noun ==== lice f (plural lices) (fortifications) curtain wall (historical) pomerium (by extension) list, field (for combat); playing field; arena Il est entré en lice. ― He came into contention. ===== Derived terms ===== en lice ===== Descendants ===== → Catalan: lliça → Italian: lizza → Portuguese: liça → Spanish: liza === Etymology 2 === Probably from Vulgar Latin *licia, from Latin lycisca, feminine of lyciscus (“wolf dog”). ==== Noun ==== lice f (plural lices) (archaic) brach, bitch hound (specifically, dog used for breeding hunting dogs) === Further reading === “lice”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === References === == Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈl̠ʲɪcɪ/ === Noun === lice f sg alternative form of leice: genitive singular of leac === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “lice”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈlɪ.keː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈliː.t͡ʃe] === Verb === licē second-person singular present active imperative of liceō == Lower Sorbian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlit͡sɛ/, [ˈlʲit͡sə] === Verb === lice third-person plural present of licyś == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈliː.t͡ʃe/ Rhymes: -iː.t͡ʃe === Noun === līċe dative singular of līċ == Polish == === Pronunciation === (Lesser Poland): (Kielce) IPA(key): [ˈli.t͡sɛ] (Przemyśl) IPA(key): [ˈlʲi.t͡sɛ] === Etymology 1 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Noun ==== lice n (Przemyśl) single string braided from threads === Etymology 2 === See lejce. ==== Noun ==== lice nvir pl (Kielce) alternative form of lejce === Further reading === Aleksander Saloni (1908), “lice”, in “Lud rzeszowski”, in Materyały Antropologiczno-Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne‎[1] (in Polish), volume 10, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 336 Jan Łoś (1886), “lice”, in “Gwara opoczyńska. Studium dialektologiczne”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (1), volume 11, page 185 == Scottish Gaelic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʎiʰkʰʲə/ === Noun === lice f genitive singular of leac == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lice. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lǐːt͡se/ Hyphenation: li‧ce === Noun === líce n (Cyrillic spelling ли́це, diminutive líšce) face ukradeno lice ― stolen face (translated name of the film "Face Off") (grammar) person prvo lice jedine ― first person singular prvo lice množine ― first person plural (Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia) person, individual ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== òbraz == Slovene == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *līcè. Cognate with Serbo-Croatian líce. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lìːt͡sɛ/, /líːt͡sɛ/ Rhymes: -ìːt͡sɛ, -íːt͡sɛ Hyphenation: li‧ce === Noun === līce n (anatomy, usually in the plural) cheek (anatomy, archaic) face Synonym: obrȁz (literary) facade, frontage Synonyms: fasȃda; pročȇlje, pročẹ̑lje ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “lice”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran “lice”, in Termania, Amebis See also the general references