chalice en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈt͡ʃæl.ɪs/ (UK, US)
Etymology
From Middle English chalis, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French chalice, collateral form of calice, borrowed from Latin calix, calicem (“cup”), of uncertain etymology. In view of Umbrian skalçeta (“sacrifical vessel”), perhaps from a Proto-Italic *(s)kalik-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel-. Pokorny considered a parallel formation in Sanskrit कलश (kaláśa-, “(water-)jar, tub, pot, dish”), for Proto-Indo-European *kel-eḱ-, but De Vaan finds this unlikely. Alternatively, borrowed from Ancient Greek κύλιξ (kúlix) or an unattested variant thereof, maybe with contamination from κάλυξ (kálux, “shell, calyx”), but it is also possible that all were borrowed from related substrate words. Possible doublet of calyx and kelch. Compare Sumerian 𒃲(GAL).
Meanings
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A large drinking cup, often having a stem and base and used especially for formal occasions and religious ceremonies.
[W]e but teach / Bloody Inſtructions, which, being taught, returne / To plague th' Inuentor. This euen-handed Iuſtice / Commends th' Ingredience of our poyſon'd Challice / To our owne lips.
c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene vii], page 135, column 1:
- A kind of water-cooled pipe for smoking cannabis.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| calice | alternative | lexicographic | |
| chalices | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
chaliceful · chalicist · chalice drum · poisoned chalice · enchalice · mixed chalice · chaliced · chalicelike
Relateds
Synonyms
Translations (77)
sl kelih (large drinking cup) · la calix (large drinking cup) · tr kadeh (large drinking cup) · fi pikari (large drinking cup) · tl kalis (large drinking cup) · ca calze (large drinking cup) · fo steyp (large drinking cup) · ka ფიალა (large drinking cup) · ka თასი (large drinking cup) · ro potir (large drinking cup) · cs kalich (large drinking cup) · id tuwung (large drinking cup) · ar صُوَاع (large drinking cup) · be ку́бак (large drinking cup) · bg поти́р (large drinking cup) · sq këlshejt (large drinking cup) · rom taxtaj (large drinking cup) · de Kelch (large drinking cup) · pt cálice (large drinking cup) · mk путир (large drinking cup) · fr calice (large drinking cup) · ru ку́бок (large drinking cup) · ota آیاغ (large drinking cup) · es cáliz (large drinking cup) · he גָּבִיעַ (large drinking cup) · it calice (large drinking cup) · gl cáliz (large drinking cup) · uk ча́ша (large drinking cup) · cmn 聖爵 /圣爵 (large drinking cup) · fy tsjelk (large drinking cup) · izh kultakuppi (large drinking cup) · uk поти́р (large drinking cup) · hu kehely (large drinking cup) · eo kaliko (large drinking cup) · ru ча́ша (large drinking cup) · io kupeto (large drinking cup) · be ке́ліх (large drinking cup) · nrf coupe (large drinking cup) · pt cálix (large drinking cup) · fo kalikur (large drinking cup) · sh пу̀тӣр (large drinking cup) · pox beťėr (large drinking cup) · ja 聖爵 (large drinking cup) · wym kełich (large drinking cup) · no kalk (large drinking cup) · nl kelk (large drinking cup) · sk kalich (large drinking cup) · da kalk (large drinking cup) · sh ка̏леж (large drinking cup) · ko 성작 (large drinking cup) · sh kȁlež (large drinking cup) · fi kalkki (large drinking cup) · id piala (large drinking cup) · et karikas (large drinking cup) · fa ساتگینی (large drinking cup) · ka ბარძიმი (large drinking cup) · ro caliciu (large drinking cup) · bg ку́бок (large drinking cup) · sv kalk (large drinking cup) · hi चषक (large drinking cup) · pl puchar (large drinking cup) · uk ку́бок (large drinking cup) · is kaleikur (large drinking cup) · pl kielich (large drinking cup) · fi malja (large drinking cup) · el δισκοπότηρο (large drinking cup) · uga 𐎖𐎁𐎓𐎚 (large drinking cup) · id kaliks (large drinking cup) · be ча́ша (large drinking cup) · sk pohár (large drinking cup) · el κύπελλο (large drinking cup) · uk ке́лих (large drinking cup) · id cawan (large drinking cup) · ru поти́р (large drinking cup) · be паці́р (large drinking cup) · io kalico (large drinking cup) · sh pùtīr (large drinking cup)