épice

Inherited from Old French espice, an old (12th century) borrowing from Latin speciēs, which in Late Latin meant "spice", "foodstuff", "commodity", "drug". Doublet of espèce.

• IPA^(key): /e.pis/

• audio (une épice)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -is

épice f (plural épices)

1. spice

• épicé
• épicer
• épicerie
• épicier

épice

1. inflection of épicer:
   1. first-person and third-person singular present indicative
   2. first-person and third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. second-person singular imperative

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

• pièce