fouce

• foi, fouz, fouza

13th century. From Old Galician and Old Portuguese fouce (attested in the Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin falx, falcem, from Proto-Indo-European *dhalk-, *dhalg- (“a cutting tool”). Cognate with Portuguese foice, Asturian foz, Spanish hoz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfowθe̝/, (western) /ˈfowse̝/

fouce f (plural fouces)

1. a strong sickle usually provided with a large handle
   • 1474, Antonio López Ferreiro (ed.), Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 66:

     tres fouçiñas, e dous fouçiños, e hun legon, e hun sacho, e hun escoupere, e hua eyxola grande, e hua serra de mao, e outra eyxola de peto, e tres fouçes, e duas choquas

     thee sickles, and two small sickles, a hoe, a mattock, a chisel, a large axe, a handsaw, a hatchet, three long sickles, and two cowbells

2. scythe

   Synonym: gadaña

• fouce rozadoira
• fouciño

• "fouce" in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “fouc” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “fouç” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “fouce” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “fouce” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “fouce” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfow.sɨ/, /ˈfo.sɨ/

fouce f (plural fouces)

1. Alternative form of foice