lice

See also: -lice, líce, and Lice

English

Etymology

From Middle English lys, from Old English lȳs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laɪs/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -aɪs

Noun

lice

1. plural of louse

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.

Noun

lice f (plural lices)

1. (fortifications) curtain wall
2. (historical) pomerium
3. (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)

1. (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.

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̠ʲɪcɪ/

Noun

lice f sg

1. Alternative form of leice: genitive singular of leac

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lice”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Latin

Verb

licē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of liceō

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlit͡sɛ/, [ˈlʲit͡sə]

Verb

lice

1. third-person plural present of licyś

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliː.t͡ʃe/

Noun

līċe

1. dative singular of līċ

Polish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Przemyśl) IPA^(key): [ˈlʲi.t͡sɛ]

Noun

lice n

1. (Przemyśl) single string braided from threads

Further reading

• Aleksander Saloni (1908) “lice”, in “Lud rzeszowski”, in Materyały Antropologiczno-Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne (in Polish), volume 10, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 336

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʎiʰkʰʲə/

Noun

lice f

1. 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)

1. face

   ukradeno lice ― stolen face (translated name of the film "Face Off")

2. (grammar) person

   prvo lice jedine ― first person singular

   prvo lice množine ― first person plural

3. (Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia) person, individual

Declension

Declension of lice

	singular	plural
nominative	lice	lica
genitive	lica	licâ
dative	licu	licima
accusative	lice	lica
vocative	lice	lica
locative	licu	licima
instrumental	licem	licima

See also

• obraz

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

1. (anatomy, usually in the plural) cheek
2. (anatomy, archaic) face

   Synonym: obrȁz

3. (literary) facade, frontage

   Synonyms: fasȃda, pročȇlje / pročẹ̑lje

Declension

First neuter declension (soft o-stem) , fixed accent
nom. sing.	līce
gen. sing.	līca
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	līce	līci	līca
genitive rodȋlnik	līca	līc	līc
dative dajȃlnik	līcu, līci	līcema, līcama	līcem, līcam
accusative tožȋlnik	līce	līci	līca
locative mẹ̑stnik	līcu, līci	līcih, līcah	līcih, līcah
instrumental orọ̑dnik	līcem	līcema, līcama	līci
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	līce	līci	līca

Further reading

• “lice”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “lice”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references