different between syke vs syce

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?k

Etymology 1

Noun

syke (plural sykes)

1. Alternative spelling of sike (“a gutter or ditch”)

Etymology 2

Noun

syke (plural sykes)

1. (heraldry) A roundel barry wavy argent and azure; a fountain.

Etymology 3

Interjection

syke

1. (slang) Alternative form of psych

Anagrams

• Keys, Skye, esky, keys, kyes, skye, yesk

Finnish

Etymology

sykkiä +? -e

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?syke?/, [?s?yke?(?)]
• Rhymes: -yke
• Syllabification: sy?ke

Noun

syke

1. pulse, heartbeat; heart rate

Declension

Synonyms

• (heartbeat): sydämensyke

Derived terms

• leposyke, sykemittari

Anagrams

• eksy, kesy, kyse

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Adjective

syke

1. definite singular of syk
2. plural of syk

Etymology 2

From syk

Alternative forms

• sjuke (Nynorsk also)

Noun

syke m (definite singular syken, indefinite plural syker, definite plural sykene)

1. illness, sickness
2. (in some cases) disease

Synonyms

• sykdom

Derived terms

References

• “syke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “syke” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

English

Noun

syce (plural syces)

1. Alternative spelling of sais.

Anagrams

• Sec'y, YECs, scye, sec'y

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ???? (sukê).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?sy?.ke?/, [?s?y?ke?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?si.t??e/, [?si?t???]

Noun

s?c? f (genitive s?c?s); first declension

1. A plant also called peplis
2. The resin of the tree called taeda
3. (medicine) A constantly running sore in the corner of the eye

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

References

• syce in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• syce in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• syce in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Middle English

Noun

syce

1. Alternative form of syse (“size, assize”)