"lice" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /lis/ Forms: lices [plural]
Etymology: From Frankish *listia. Etymology templates: {{der|fr|frk|*listia}} Frankish *listia Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} lice f (plural lices)
  1. (fortifications) curtain wall Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-lice-fr-noun-LUyXUrkX Topics: fortifications, government, military, politics, war
  2. (historical) pomerium Tags: feminine, historical
    Sense id: en-lice-fr-noun-Ea9RXycM
  3. (by extension) list, field (for combat); playing field; arena Tags: broadly, feminine
    Sense id: en-lice-fr-noun-kx0p1igK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: en lice
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /lis/ Forms: lices [plural]
Etymology: Probably from Vulgar Latin *licia, from Latin lycisca, feminine of lyciscus (“wolf dog”). Etymology templates: {{der|fr|VL.|*licia}} Vulgar Latin *licia, {{der|fr|la|lycisca}} Latin lycisca Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} lice f (plural lices)
  1. (archaic) brach, bitch hound (specifically, dog used for breeding hunting dogs) Tags: archaic, feminine Categories (lifeform): Dogs
    Sense id: en-lice-fr-noun-MZ9KiBte Disambiguation of Dogs: 13 21 4 62 Categories (other): Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 4 9 1 16 8 9 10 9 0 0 12 0 2 1 1 1 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 15 30 2 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "en lice"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "lliça",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: lliça",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: lliça"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "lizza",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: lizza",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: lizza"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "liça",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: liça",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: liça"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "liza",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: liza",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: liza"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frk",
        "3": "*listia"
      },
      "expansion": "Frankish *listia",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Frankish *listia.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lices",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "lice f (plural lices)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "curtain wall"
      ],
      "id": "en-lice-fr-noun-LUyXUrkX",
      "links": [
        [
          "curtain wall",
          "curtain wall"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(fortifications) curtain wall"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "fortifications",
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "pomerium"
      ],
      "id": "en-lice-fr-noun-Ea9RXycM",
      "links": [
        [
          "pomerium",
          "pomerium"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) pomerium"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He came into contention.",
          "text": "Il est entré en lice.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "list, field (for combat); playing field; arena"
      ],
      "id": "en-lice-fr-noun-kx0p1igK",
      "links": [
        [
          "list",
          "list"
        ],
        [
          "field",
          "field"
        ],
        [
          "playing field",
          "playing field"
        ],
        [
          "arena",
          "arena"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) list, field (for combat); playing field; arena"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lis/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "lices"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "lis/lys"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "lisse"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "lissent"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "lisses"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lice"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "VL.",
        "3": "*licia"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin *licia",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "la",
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      "expansion": "Latin lycisca",
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "lices",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "lice f (plural lices)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 4 9 1 16 8 9 10 9 0 0 12 0 2 1 1 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 30 2 53",
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          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 21 4 62",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Dogs",
          "orig": "fr:Dogs",
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            "Animals",
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            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "brach, bitch hound (specifically, dog used for breeding hunting dogs)"
      ],
      "id": "en-lice-fr-noun-MZ9KiBte",
      "links": [
        [
          "brach",
          "brach"
        ],
        [
          "bitch hound",
          "bitch hound"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) brach, bitch hound (specifically, dog used for breeding hunting dogs)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/lis/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "lices"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "lis/lys"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "lisse"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "lissent"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "lisses"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lice"
}
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    "French 1-syllable words",
    "French countable nouns",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French feminine nouns",
    "French lemmas",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms derived from Frankish",
    "French terms derived from Latin",
    "French terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "French terms with homophones",
    "Pages with 9 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "fr:Dogs",
    "sl:Face"
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    {
      "word": "en lice"
    }
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        {
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            "2": "lliça",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: lliça",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: lliça"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "lizza",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: lizza",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: lizza"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "liça",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: liça",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: liça"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "liza",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: liza",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: liza"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frk",
        "3": "*listia"
      },
      "expansion": "Frankish *listia",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Frankish *listia.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lices",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "lice f (plural lices)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "curtain wall"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "curtain wall",
          "curtain wall"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(fortifications) curtain wall"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "fortifications",
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pomerium"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pomerium",
          "pomerium"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) pomerium"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He came into contention.",
          "text": "Il est entré en lice.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "list, field (for combat); playing field; arena"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "list",
          "list"
        ],
        [
          "field",
          "field"
        ],
        [
          "playing field",
          "playing field"
        ],
        [
          "arena",
          "arena"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) list, field (for combat); playing field; arena"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lis/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "lices"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "lis/lys"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "lisse"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "lissent"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "lisses"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lice"
}

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    "French countable nouns",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French feminine nouns",
    "French lemmas",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms derived from Latin",
    "French terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "French terms with homophones",
    "Pages with 9 entries",
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    "fr:Dogs",
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  "etymology_number": 2,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "VL.",
        "3": "*licia"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin *licia",
      "name": "der"
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably from Vulgar Latin *licia, from Latin lycisca, feminine of lyciscus (“wolf dog”).",
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    {
      "form": "lices",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "lice f (plural lices)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "French terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "brach, bitch hound (specifically, dog used for breeding hunting dogs)"
      ],
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        [
          "brach",
          "brach"
        ],
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          "bitch hound",
          "bitch hound"
        ]
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        "(archaic) brach, bitch hound (specifically, dog used for breeding hunting dogs)"
      ],
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        "archaic",
        "feminine"
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lis/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "lices"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "lis/lys"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "lisse"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "lissent"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "lisses"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lice"
}

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