cauce

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Middle English[edit]

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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]

  • IPA(key): /kau̯ˈseː/, /ˈkau̯seː/

Noun[edit]

cauce (plural cauces)

  1. A raised and surfaced road; highway or causeway.

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Descendants[edit]

  • English: causeway
  • Yola: caushe

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Spanish[edit]

 cauce on Spanish Wikipedia

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)

  1. riverbed
    Synonyms: álveo, madre, lecho
  2. course (of river)
  3. 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)

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