different between cicatrise vs cicatrice

English

Alternative forms

• cicatrize (US)

Etymology

From Old French cicatriser (French cicatriser), from Latin cic?tr?x (“scar”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?s?k.?.t?a?z/

Verb

cicatrise (third-person singular simple present cicatrises, present participle cicatrising, simple past and past participle cicatrised)

1. (transitive) To heal a wound through scarring (by causing a scar or cicatrix to form).
   • 1923, The Thousand Nights and One Night, translated by Powys Mathers

     But hardly had I accused myself of the theft, when my arm was seized and my right hand cut off. When the stump was dipped in boiling oil to cicatrise the wound, I fell down in a faint.

2. (intransitive) To form a scar.

Related terms

• cauterise
• cicatrix

Translations

French

Verb

cicatrise

1. first-person singular present indicative of cicatriser
2. third-person singular present indicative of cicatriser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of cicatriser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of cicatriser
5. second-person singular imperative of cicatriser

English

Etymology

From Latin cicatrix

Noun

cicatrice (plural cicatrices)

1. (medicine) a scar
   • 1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, A House Is Built, Chapter VII, Section viii

     Fanny's scissors moved steadily round the armhole and slit down the sleeve, revealing a surprisingly soft white arm and shoulder. Across the shoulder was an ancient cicatrice.

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cic?tr?x.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.ka.t?is/

Noun

cicatrice f (plural cicatrices)

1. scar

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

From Latin cicatrix, cicatricem.

Noun

cicatrice f (plural cicatrici)

1. scar

Derived terms

• cicatrizzare

Anagrams

• eccitarci

Latin

Noun

cic?tr?ce

1. ablative singular of cic?tr?x

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin cic?tr?x, cicatricem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t??ika?trit??e]

Noun

cicatrice f (plural cicatrice or cicatrici)

1. scar

Declension

Spanish

Verb

cicatrice

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of cicatrizar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of cicatrizar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of cicatrizar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of cicatrizar.