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

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

From Proto-Slavic *lice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lìːt͡sɛ/, /líːt͡sɛ/
• Hyphenation: li‧ce

Noun

līce n

1. (anatomy) cheek
2. (anatomy, archaic) face

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Neuter, soft
nom. sing.	líce
gen. sing.	líca
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	líce	líci	líca
genitive (rodȋlnik)	líca	líc	líc
dative (dajȃlnik)	lícu	lícema	lícem
accusative (tožȋlnik)	líce	líci	líca
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	lícu	lícih	lícih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	lícem	lícema	líci

Related terms

• obràz

Further reading

• “lice”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024