different between dice vs brunoise

English

Etymology

• From Middle English dys, plural of dy.
• The voiceless /s/ was most likely retained because the word felt like a collective term rather than a plural form (compare pence). The spelling dice is a result of the pronunciation.
• See die Etymology 2.

Pronunciation

• enPR: d?s, IPA^(key): /da?s/
• Rhymes: -a?s

Noun

dice (countable and uncountable, plural dice or dices)

1. (uncountable) Gaming with one or more dice.
2. (countable, proscribed by some; standard in British English) A die.
   • 1980, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, “The Winner Takes It All”, Super Trouper, Polar Music

     The gods may throw a dice / Their minds as cold as ice
3. (uncountable, formerly countable, cooking) That which has been diced.

   Cut onions, carrots and celery into medium dice.

Usage notes

• The singular usage is considered incorrect by many authorities. However, it should be noted that The New Oxford Dictionary of English, Judy Pearsall, Patrick Hanks (1998) states that “In modern standard English, the singular die (rather than dice) is uncommon. Dice is used for both the singular and the plural.”
• Die is predominant among tabletop gamers.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:dice.

Synonyms

• astragals

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

dice

1. plural of die

Verb

dice (third-person singular simple present dices, present participle dicing, simple past and past participle diced)

1. (intransitive) To play dice.
   • c. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, part 1, Act III, scene iii:

     Virtuous enough; swore little; diced not above seven times — a week

   • 1999, George RR Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam 2011, p. 407:

     Tyrion found Timmett dicing with his Burned Men in the barracks.

2. (transitive) To cut into small cubes.
   • 1898, Thomas Hardy, "Hap":

     And dicing Time for gladness casts a moan....
3. (transitive) To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes.

Derived terms

• dice with death

Translations

Anagrams

• -cide, cedi, deci-, iced

Interlingua

Verb

dice

1. present of dicer
2. imperative of dicer

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -it?e

Verb

dice

1. third-person singular present indicative of dire

Anagrams

• cedi

Latin

Verb

d?ce

1. second-person singular present active imperative of d?c?

References

• dice in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dice in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• dice in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?^[3]
• dice in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dice in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Middle English

Noun

dice

1. Alternative form of dees

Spanish

Alternative forms

• dize (archaic)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /?di?e/, [?d?i.?e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /?dise/, [?d?i.se]

Verb

dice

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of decir.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of decir.

Tarantino

Numeral

dice

1. ten

English

Etymology

From French brunoise.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /b???nw??z/, /b?u??nw??z/
• (US) IPA^(key): /b?u?nw?z/

Noun

brunoise (countable and uncountable, plural brunoises)

1. (cooking) A very fine dice. A method of cutting vegetables, usually to the dimensions of 2 mm or less, by julienning and then cutting many times at a 90-degree angle to the julienne.
   • 2001, Michael Ruhlman, The Soul of a Chef: The Journey Toward Perfection, Penguin (?ISBN):

     Grapefruit sorbet with brunoise of citrus fruits.

   • 2006, Elin Hilderbrand, The Love Season, Macmillan (?ISBN), page 131:

     Gerard de Luc had been screaming at her in French, something she didn't understand, and Marguerite, who was aiming (or a perfectly uniform brunoise of carrots, put the knife through her second and third fingertips to the tune of fifteen stitches.

   • 2007, Gary Hunter, Terry Tinton, Patrick Carey, Stephen Walpole, Professional Chef - Level 2, Cengage Learning EMEA (?ISBN)

     Drain well in a colander. Heat some oil in a pan and sweat the brunoise of vegetables for 5 minutes without letting them colour.

2. A mixture of leeks, celery, carrots and sometimes turnips chopped in this way.
   • 1908, Charles Herman Senn, The Menu Book, page 70:

     (Brunoise Soup). — A clear gravy soup with finely minced carrots, turnips, leeks, and onions.

Coordinate terms

• (mixture of vegetables): Holy Trinity (Cajun cuisine)

Verb

brunoise (third-person singular simple present brunoises, present participle brunoising, simple past and past participle brunoised)

1. (transitive) To cut (vegetables) very finely by julienning and then cutting many times at a 90-degree angle to the julienne.

Anagrams

• neibours

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?y.nwaz/

Noun

brunoise f (plural brunoises)

1. brunoise