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dulce

See also: Dulce

English

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Etymology 1

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Alteration of earlier douce, from Middle English douce, from Old French douz, douce. Doublet of dolce, douce, and doux.

Adjective

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dulce (comparative more dulce, superlative most dulce)

  1. (obsolete) sweet
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Noun

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dulce (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) sweetness

Etymology 2

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From Middle English doucen, from the adjective (see above).

Verb

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dulce (third-person singular simple present dulces, present participle dulcing, simple past and past participle dulced)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To make sweet; to soothe.

Etymology 3

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Alteration of dulse.

Noun

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dulce (countable and uncountable, plural dulces)

  1. Alternative form of dulse
  2. seaweed; kelp

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “dulce”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Aragonese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin dulcis.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdulθe/
  • Rhymes: -ulθe
  • Syllabification: dul‧ce

Adjective

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dulce (feminine dulza, masculine plural dulces, feminine plural dulzas)

  1. sweet

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  • “dulce”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

Asturian

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Etymology

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From Latin dulcem, accusative of dulcis (“sweet”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdulθe/, [ˈd̪ul̟.θe]

Adjective

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dulce (epicene, plural dulces)

  1. sweet
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Latin

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Etymology 1

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From the neuter accusative case form of dulcis.

Adverb

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dulce (not comparable)

  1. Synonym of dulciter: sweetly, agreeably, delightfully
    • ~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.
    • c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, Metamorphoses 5.1:
      tanta mentis perturbatione sedata, dulce conquievit.
      with so great a disturbance of mind having been calmed, she rested pleasantly.

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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dulce

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of dulcis

References

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  • “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.

Romanian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin dulcem. Compare Aromanian dultsi.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdult͡ʃe/
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Adjective

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dulce m or f or n (plural dulci)

  1. sweet
    Antonym: amar

Declension

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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

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin dulcem (“sweet”). Also found in Old Spanish with the forms duz, duce (compare Portuguese doce).[1] Cognate with English dulcet.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈdulθe/ [ˈd̪ul̟.θe]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈdulse/ [ˈd̪ul.se]
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  • Rhymes: -ulθe
  • Rhymes: -ulse
  • Syllabification: dul‧ce

Adjective

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dulce m or f (masculine and feminine plural dulces, superlative dulcísimo)

  1. sweet (having a pleasant taste, especially induced by sugar)
    Antonym: salado
    • 2004, Akira Yamaoka, translated by from English, Tender Sugar:
      Me salva la dulce azúcar, es la habitación que me confina
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. sweet (having a pleasant disposition)
  3. (of water) fresh (without salt)
    Antonym: salada

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Noun

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dulce m (plural dulces)

  1. candy, sweet
    Synonyms: caramelo, golosina, chuche (Spain)
  2. sweet food, dessert
    Synonym: postre
  3. thick jelly or fudge
    Synonyms: ate, manjar

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Descendants

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  • → Bikol Central: dulse
  • → O'odham: lu꞉lsi

References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “dulce”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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