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dice
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)
- (uncountable) Gaming with one or more dice.
- (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
- 1980, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, “The Winner Takes It All”, Super Trouper, Polar Music
- (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
- plural of die
Verb
dice (third-person singular simple present dices, present participle dicing, simple past and past participle diced)
- (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.
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, part 1, Act III, scene iii:
- (transitive) To cut into small cubes.
- 1898, Thomas Hardy, "Hap":
- And dicing Time for gladness casts a moan....
- 1898, Thomas Hardy, "Hap":
- (transitive) To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes.
Derived terms
- dice with death
Translations
Anagrams
- -cide, cedi, deci-, iced
Interlingua
Verb
dice
- present of dicer
- imperative of dicer
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -it?e
Verb
dice
- third-person singular present indicative of dire
Anagrams
- cedi
Latin
Verb
d?ce
- 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
- 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
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of decir.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of decir.
Tarantino
Numeral
dice
- ten
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sunder
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?s?nd?/
- Rhymes: -?nd?(?)
Etymology 1
From Middle English sunder, from Old English sundor- (“separate, different”), from Proto-Germanic *sundraz (“isolated, particular, alone”), from Proto-Indo-European *snter-, *seni-, *senu-, *san- (“apart, without, for oneself”). Cognate with Old Saxon sundar (“particular, special”), Dutch zonder (“without”), German sonder (“special, set apart”), Old Norse sundr (“separate”), Danish sønder (“apart, asunder”), Latin sine (“without”).
Adjective
sunder (comparative more sunder, superlative most sunder)
- (dialectal or obsolete) Sundry; separate; different.
Derived terms
- sunderling
- sunderly
Etymology 2
From Middle English sundren (“to separate, part, divide”), from Old English sundrian (“to separate, split, part, divide”), from Proto-Germanic *sundr?n? (“to separate”), from Proto-Indo-European *sen(e)- (“separate, without”). Cognate with Scots sinder, sunder (“to separate, divide, split up”), Dutch zonderen (“to isolate”), German sondern (“to separate”), Swedish söndra (“to divide”). More at sundry.
Verb
sunder (third-person singular simple present sunders, present participle sundering, simple past and past participle sundered)
- (transitive) To break or separate or to break apart, especially with force.
- (intransitive) To part, separate.
- 1881 Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Severed Selves, lines 8-9
- Two souls, the shores wave-mocked of sundering seas: —
- Such are we now.
- 1881 Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Severed Selves, lines 8-9
- (Britain, dialect, dated, transitive) To expose to the sun and wind.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
Derived terms
Related terms
- sundry
Translations
Noun
sunder (plural sunders)
- a separation into parts; a division or severance
- 1939, Alfred Edward Housman, Additional Poems, VII, lines 2-4
- He would not stay for me to stand and gaze.
- I shook his hand and tore my heart in sunder
- And went with half my life about my ways.
- 1939, Alfred Edward Housman, Additional Poems, VII, lines 2-4
Derived terms
- sundrous
See also
- sunder tree
Anagrams
- Durens, Dusner, drusen, nursed
Old English
Alternative forms
- sundor
- synder
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *sundraz, whence also Old High German suntar, Old Norse sundr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sun.der/
Adverb
sunder
- apart, separate, private, aloof, by one's self
Synonyms
- ?ed?ledl??e
Derived terms
- onsundrum (“singly, separately, apart: privately: especially, in sunder”)
- sunderanweald m (“monarchy”)
- sunderfolgoþ m (“private office”)
- sunderfr?od?m, sunderfr?ols m (“privilege”)
- sunderl?pes (“separately”)
- sunderm?lum (“separately, singly”)
- sunderm?d f (“private meadow”)
- sunderst?w f (“special place”)
Related terms
- ?sundran, ?sundrian (“to divide, separate, disjoin, sever; distinguish, except. asunder”)
- ?syndrung f (“division”)
- sundrian (“to separate, sunder”)
See also
- sundor
- synder
References
- John R. Clark Hall (1916) , “sunder”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan.
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) , “sundor”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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