different between calice vs calicle

English

Noun

calice (plural calices)

1. Obsolete form of chalice.

Anagrams

• acicle, celiac

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin calix, calicem, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ????? (kúlix). Compare also the inherited Old French chalice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.lis/
• Rhymes: -is

Noun

calice m (plural calices)

1. chalice

Interjection

calice

1. (Quebec, slang, euphemistic) Alternative form of câlisse

Further reading

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ka.li.t??e/
• Rhymes: -alit?e
• Hyphenation: cà?li?ce

Etymology 1

From Latin calicem, accusative case form of calix, from Ancient Greek ????? (kúlix).

Noun

calice m (plural calici)

1. cup or goblet (for drinking); large glass (of wine)
2. chalice
3. flute

Etymology 2

From Latin calycem, accusative case form of calyx, from Ancient Greek ?????? (kálux).

Noun

calice m (plural calici)

1. (botany, anatomy) calyx

Anagrams

• cecali, cicale, leccai, leccia

Latin

Noun

calice

1. ablative singular of calix

Middle English

Noun

calice

1. Alternative form of chalis

Old French

Noun

calice m (oblique plural calices, nominative singular calices, nominative plural calice)

1. (chiefly Christianity) chalice

English

Noun

calicle (plural calicles)

1. (zoology) Any cup-shaped depression.
2. (botany, zoology) A calyculus.