lice

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laɪs/
• Rhymes: -aɪs

Noun

lice

1. plural form of louse

Anagrams

• -icle, Celi, ICLE, ILEC, Icel., ceil

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lis/

Etymology 1

From Frankish *listia.

Etymology 2

Probably from Vulgar Latin *licia, from Latin lycisca, feminine of lyciscus (“wolf dog”).

Further reading

• “lice” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̠ʲɪcɪ/

Noun

lice f sg

1. Alternative form of leice: genitive singular of leac

Further reading

• "lice" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Verb

licē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of liceō

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlit͡sɛ/, [ˈlʲit͡sə]

Verb

lice

1. third-person plural present of licyś

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʎiʰkʰʲə/

Noun

lice f

1. genitive singular of leac

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lǐːtse/
• 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

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lice, from Proto-Indo-European *līg-

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lìːt͡sɛ/, /líːt͡sɛ/
• Tonal orthography: líce, lȋce
• Hyphenation: li‧ce

Noun

líce n (genitive líca, nominative plural líca)

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