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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la?s/
• Rhymes: -a?s

Noun

lice

1. plural of louse

Anagrams

• -icle, Celi, ICLE, ILEC, Icel., ceil, ciel

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lis/
• Homophones: lices, lis, lisse, lissent, lisses, lys

Etymology 1

From Frankish *listia.

Noun

lice f (plural lices)

1. (fortifications) curtain wall
2. (historical) pomerium
3. (by extension) list, field (for combat); playing field; arena

   Il est entré en lice. He came into contention.

Derived terms

• en lice

Etymology 2

Probably from Vulgar Latin *licia, from Latin lycisca, feminine of lyciscus (“wolf dog”).

Noun

lice f (plural lices)

1. (archaic) brach, bitch hound (specifically, dog used for breeding hunting dogs)

Further reading

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

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l???c?/

Noun

lice f sg

1. Alternative form of leice: genitive singular of leac

Further reading

• "lice" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Latin

Verb

lic?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of lice?

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lit?s?/, [?l?it?s?]

Verb

lice

1. third-person plural present of licy?

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i?k???/

Noun

lice f

1. genitive singular of leac

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??t?se/
• Hyphenation: li?ce

Noun

líce n (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. face

   (translated name of the film "Face Off")

2. (grammar) person

3. (Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia) person, individual

Declension

See also

• obraz

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lice, from Proto-Indo-European *l?g-

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lì?t?s?/, /lí?t?s?/
• Hyphenation: li?ce

Noun

l?ce n

1. (anatomy) cheek
2. (anatomy, archaic) face

Inflection

Related terms

• obràz

Further reading

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

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fli?z/
• Homophone: fleas

Verb

flees

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flee

Anagrams

• feels, lefse, selfe

Middle English

Alternative forms

• fleose, flese, flus, fleos, fleesse, vluy

Etymology 1

From fle +? -es.

Noun

flees

1. plural of fle

Etymology 2

From Old English fl?os, from Proto-West Germanic *fleus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fle?s/

Noun

flees (plural fleeses)

1. A sheepskin or fleece; the skin of a sheep.
2. The wool of a sheep; a sheep's coat.
3. (rare) A measure of wool.

Descendants

• English: fleece
  • ? Finnish: fliisi
  • ? German: Fleece
• Scots: fleis
• Yola: flaase

References

• “fl??s, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-12.