lice

• IPA^(key): /laɪs/
• Rhymes: -aɪs

lice

1. plural of louse

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

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

From Frankish *listia.

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.

• en lice

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

lice f (plural lices)

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̠ʲɪcɪ/

lice f sg

1. Alternative form of leice: genitive singular of leac

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

licē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of liceō

• IPA^(key): /ˈlit͡sɛ/, [ˈlʲit͡sə]

lice

1. third-person plural present of licyś

• IPA^(key): /ʎiʰkʰʲə/

lice f

1. genitive singular of leac

From Proto-Slavic *lice.

• IPA^(key): /lǐːtse/
• Hyphenation: li‧ce

líce n (Cyrillic spelling ли́це)

1. face

   ukradeno lice ― stolen face

   (translated name of the film "Face Off")

2. (grammar) person

   prvo lice jedine ― first person singular

   prvo lice množine ― first person plural

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

• obraz

From Proto-Slavic *lice, from Proto-Indo-European *līg-

• IPA^(key): /lìːt͡sɛ/, /líːt͡sɛ/
• Tonal orthography: líce, lȋce
• Hyphenation: li‧ce

líce n (genitive líca, nominative plural líca)

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

• obràz