foice

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• fouce (dated or dialectal)

Etymology

Alteration of fouce. Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fouce, from Latin falcem, from Proto-Indo-European *dhalk-, *dhalg- (“a cutting tool”). Compare Galician fouce, Sicilian fauci, Spanish hoz.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfoj.si/ [ˈfoɪ̯.si]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfoj.si/ [ˈfoɪ̯.si]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfoj.se/ [ˈfoɪ̯.se]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfoj.sɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ojsi, (Portugal) -ojsɨ
• Homophone: foi-se
• Hyphenation: foi‧ce

Noun

foice f (plural foices)

1. scythe
2. sickle

Further reading

• “foice”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “foice”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French force, from Late Latin fortia, a noun derived from the neuter plural of Latin fortis (“strong”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fwas/

Noun

foice f (plural foices)

1. strength
2. force