dulce
See also: Dulce
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Either a learned borrowing from Classical Latin dulcis or an alteration of earlier douce (from Middle English douce, from Old French douz, douce) after it.[1] Doublet of dolce, douce, and doux.
Adjective
[edit]dulce (comparative more dulce, superlative most dulce)
Derived terms
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[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Partly a learned borrowing from Classical Latin dulce, use as noun of neuter of dulcis, and partly from the adjective (etymology 1).[2]
Noun
[edit]dulce (uncountable)
Etymology 3
[edit]From Spanish dulce (“sweetmeat”), use as noun of the adjective.[3]
Noun
[edit]dulce (plural dulces)
- (obsolete) Something sweet; a sweetmeat.
- 1871, Charles Washburn, The History of Paraguay:
- The guava […] is seldom eaten except when preserved with sirup or sugar. In this form it is one of the favorite dulces of the country.
Etymology 4
[edit]From Middle English doucen, from the adjective (etymology 1).
Verb
[edit]dulce (third-person singular simple present dulces, present participle dulcing, simple past and past participle dulced)
- (obsolete, transitive) To sweeten or soothe.[4]
Etymology 5
[edit]Alteration of dulse.
Noun
[edit]dulce (countable and uncountable, plural dulces)
References
[edit]- ^ “dulce, adj. and adv.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ “dulce, n.1”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ “dulce, n.2”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ “dulce”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
[edit]Aragonese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈdulθe/
- IPA(key): /ˈdulse/ (Benasquese)
- Rhymes: -ulθe
- Rhymes: -ulse (Benasquese)
- Syllabification: dul‧ce
Adjective
[edit]dulce (feminine dulza, masculine plural dulces, feminine plural dulzas)
References
[edit]- “dulce”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
Asturian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin dulcem, accusative of dulcis (“sweet”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]dulce (epicene, plural dulces)
Related terms
[edit]Chavacano
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Spanish dulce (“sweet”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: dul‧ce
Adjective
[edit]dulce
Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈdʊɫ.kɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈdul̠ʲ.t͡ʃe]
Adjective
[edit]dulce
Adverb
[edit]dulce (comparative dulcius, superlative dulcissimē, adjective dulcis)
- synonym of dulciter: sweetly, agreeably, delightfully
- c. 70 BCE, Gaius Valerius Catullus, Codex Vaticanus Ottobonianus Latinus 1829 Carmina 51:
- Ille mi par esse deo videtur, / ille, si fas est, superare divos, / qui sedens adversus identidem te / spectat et audit // dulce ridentem, misero quod omnes / eripit sensus mihi: nam simul te, / Lesbia, aspexi, nihil est super mi / <vocis in ore;> // lingua sed torpet, tenuis sub artus / flamma demanat, sonitu suopte / tintinant aures, gemina teguntur / lumina nocte.
- He seems to me to be equal to a god, / he, if it is permissible, / seems to surpass the gods, / who sitting opposite again and again / watches and hears you // sweetly laughing, which rips out all senses / from miserable me: for at the same moment I look upon you, / Lesbia, nothing is left for me / <of my voice in my mouth;> // But my tongue grows / thick, a thin flame / runs down beneath my limbs, with their own sound / my ears ring, my lights (eyes) / are covered by twin night.
- Ille mi par esse deo videtur, / ille, si fas est, superare divos, / qui sedens adversus identidem te / spectat et audit // dulce ridentem, misero quod omnes / eripit sensus mihi: nam simul te, / Lesbia, aspexi, nihil est super mi / <vocis in ore;> // lingua sed torpet, tenuis sub artus / flamma demanat, sonitu suopte / tintinant aures, gemina teguntur / lumina nocte.
References
[edit]- “dulce”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “dulce”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “dulce”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]dulce f
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Latin dulcem. Compare Aromanian dultsi. Reinforcement by Italian dolce is possible.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]dulce m or f or n (plural dulci)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | dulce | dulce | dulci | dulci | ||
| definite | dulcele | dulcea | dulcii | dulcile | |||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | dulce | dulci | dulci | dulci | ||
| definite | dulcelui | dulcii | dulcilor | dulcilor | |||
Derived terms
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[edit]Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Semi-learned borrowing from Latin dulcem (“sweet”). Also found in Old Spanish with the forms duz, duce (compare Portuguese doce).[1] Cognate with English dulcet.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈdulθe/ [ˈd̪ul̟.θe] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /ˈdulse/ [ˈd̪ul.se] (Latin America, Philippines)
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -ulθe (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- Rhymes: -ulse (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: dul‧ce
Adjective
[edit]dulce m or f (masculine and feminine plural dulces, superlative dulcísimo)
- sweet (having a pleasant taste, especially induced by sugar)
- Antonym: salado
- 2004, Akira Yamaoka, “Tender Sugar”, translated by from English:
- Me salva la dulce azúcar, es la habitación que me confina
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- sweet (having a pleasant disposition)
- (of water) fresh (without salt)
- Antonym: salada
Derived terms
[edit]- achicoria dulce
- agridulce
- agua dulce
- batata dulce
- chile dulce
- dulce de almíbar
- dulce de leche
- dulce o travesura (“trick-or-treat”) (Mexico)
- dulce o truco (“trick-or-treat”)
- dulcemente
- dulces sueños
- dulcificar
- dulzor
- dulzura
- flauta dulce
- jamón en dulce
- mezquite dulce
- pan dulce
- patata dulce
- pepino dulce
- pera en dulce
- pitayo dulce
- sidra dulce
- trébol dulce
Noun
[edit]dulce m (plural dulces)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983–1991), “dulce”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary][1] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
[edit]- “dulce”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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