cauce
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Anglo-Norman caucié, from Vulgar Latin *calciāta, from either Latin calx (“limestone”) or calciō (“to stamp with the heels, tread”), from calx (“heel”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cauce (plural cauces)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “caucẹ̄(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Latin calicem. Doublet of cáliz.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈkauθe/ [ˈkau̯.θe]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈkause/ [ˈkau̯.se]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -auθe
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -ause
- Syllabification: cau‧ce
Noun[edit]
cauce m (plural cauces)
- riverbed
- course (of river)
- current
- 2023 June 20, Eva Pérez Sorribes, “La Guardia Civil rescata el cadáver de un barranquista atrapado en un barranco de Huesca”, in El País[1]:
- Por la mañana, los rastreos aéreos confirmaron la existencia de una saca —de las que usan para la práctica del barranquismo— flotando en el cauce y al descender con la ayuda de una grúa, pudieron ratificar que era propiedad del fallecido.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “cauce”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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