cauce

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /kau̯ˈseː/, /ˈkau̯seː/

Noun

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cauce (plural cauces)

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

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Descendants

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  • English: causeway
  • Yola: caushe
  • Irish: cabhsa

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Spanish

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 cauce on Spanish Wikipedia

Etymology

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Inherited from Latin calicem. Doublet of cáliz.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈkauθe/ [ˈkau̯.θe]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈkause/ [ˈkau̯.se]
  • Rhymes: -auθe
  • Rhymes: -ause
  • Syllabification: cau‧ce

Noun

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cauce m (plural cauces)

  1. riverbed
    Synonyms: álveo, madre, lecho
  2. course (of river)
    Synonym: curso
  3. current
    Synonym: corriente
    • 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.
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