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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 Middle English severen, from Old French sevrer, from Latin separ?re (“to separate”), from se- (“apart”) + par?re (“provide, arrange”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?s?v.?/
• Rhymes: -?v?(r)

Verb

sever (third-person singular simple present severs, present participle severing, simple past and past participle severed)

1. (transitive) To cut free.

   • The angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just.

   • 1999, Eminem, Role Model

     That I just severed the main vein with a chainsaw and I'm in pain?

2. (intransitive) To suffer disjunction; to be parted or separated.
3. (intransitive) To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.

   • The Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt.
4. (law) To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate.

Synonyms

• becut
• cut off

Derived terms

• severable
• severally

Related terms

• separate

Translations

Further reading

• sever in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• sever in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• sever at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• 'verse, -verse, reves, serve, veers, verse

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin sev?rus.

Pronunciation

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /s??ve/

• (Central) IPA^(key): /s??be/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /se?ve?/

Adjective

sever (feminine severa, masculine plural severs, feminine plural severes)

1. strict, severe

Derived terms

• severament

Related terms

• severitat

Further reading

• “sever” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “sever” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “sever” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “sever” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *s?ver?. See also German Schauer or English shower (originally) ("Cold Rain").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?s?v?r]

Noun

sever m

1. north

Declension

Antonyms

• jih

Derived terms

• severní
• Severka
• severák
• seve?an
• severovýchod
• severozápad

Coordinate terms

• (compass points)

Further reading

• sever in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• sever in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Interlingua

Adjective

sever (comparative plus sever, superlative le plus sever)

1. severe

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *s?far, from Proto-West Germanic *saifr.

Noun

sêver n

1. drool, saliva

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• sêveren

Descendants

• Dutch: zever
• Limburgish: zeiver

Further reading

• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “sever”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN

Old Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?se?fer/, [?s??fer]
• (Late Old Frisian) IPA^(key): /?se?wer/, [?s??wer]

Noun

s?ver m

1. Alternative form of s?ver

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, ?ISBN, page 28

Romanian

Etymology

From French sévère, from Latin severus.

Adjective

sever m or n (feminine singular sever?, masculine plural severi, feminine and neuter plural severe)

1. strict

Declension

Related terms

• severitate

Further reading

• sever in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Ijekavian): sj?ver
• (Ekavian): ??ver

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *s?ver?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sê?er/
• Hyphenation: se?ver

Noun

s?ver m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. (uncountable) north

Declension

Antonyms

• (south): jug

Related terms

• severni

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *s?ver?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?sever]

Noun

sever m (genitive singular severu, nominative plural severy, declension pattern of dub)

1. North

Derived terms

• severák
• Severan
• severne
• severný
• severovýchod
• severozápad

Further reading

• sever in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *s?ver?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sè???r/

Noun

s??ver m inan

1. north

Inflection

Derived terms

• séveren

Further reading

• “sever”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Turkish

Verb

sever

1. third-person singular present simple indicative positive degree of sevmek

Antonyms

• sevmez

See also

• sever sevmez