foce

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fōcem, an early monophthongized variant of Latin faucem. Doublet of fauce, which was borrowed. Cognates include Occitan and Portuguese foz, Spanish hoz. [1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfo.t͡ʃe/
  • Rhymes: -otʃe
  • Hyphenation: fó‧ce

Noun

foce f (plural foci)

  1. mouth (of a river)
    Synonym: (rare) bocca

Derived terms
  • foce a delta (“delta”)
  • foce a estuario (“estuary”)
  • sfociare

See also

References
  1. “foce” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN

Further reading
  • foce in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • foce in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

foce

  1. vocative singular of focus

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔ.t͡sɛ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔt͡sɛ
  • Syllabification: fo‧ce

Noun

foce f

  1. dative/locative singular of foka
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