cauce

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /kau̯ˈseː/, /ˈkau̯seː/

Noun

cauce (plural cauces)

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

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: causeway
  • Yola: caushe

References

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin calicem. Doublet of cáliz.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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:
      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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