adj
Meaning 1
Sweet.
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Usage: archaic
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Standard Lemma guide
dulce
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Pronunciation
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/dʌls/
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CMU ARPABET: D AH1 L S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A female given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Dulcie.
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noun
Meaning 3
Sweetness.
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Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
Something sweet; a sweetmeat.
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 5
Alternative form of dulse.
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Usage: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
seaweed; kelp
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 7
To sweeten or soothe.
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Usage: obsolete, transitive
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History
Etymology
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. Doublet of dolce, douce, and doux.
From Spanish Dulce.
Partly a learned borrowing from Classical Latin dulce, use as noun of neuter of dulcis, and partly from the adjective (etymology 1).
From Spanish dulce (“sweetmeat”), use as noun of the adjective.
Alteration of dulse.
From Middle English doucen, from the adjective (etymology 1).
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Cebuano: Dulce — Translations
- Spanish: Dulce — Translations