dice
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dice¹
- /daɪs/
Rhymes with -aɪs
Where it comes from
From Middle English dys, plural of dy. See the etymology of die (etymology 2) for further information. The voiceless /s/ was most likely retained because the word felt like a collective term rather than a plural form (compare pence), and the spelling dice is a result of the pronunciation.
noun dice · dices
- Gaming with one or more dice. Or think of a decent young citizen in a toga—perhaps too much dice, you know—coming out here in the train of some prefect, or tax-gatherer, or trader even, to mend his fortunes.
- A die. 1980, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, “The Winner Takes It All”, Super Trouper, Polar Music The gods may throw a dice / Their minds as cold as ice
- That which has been diced. Cut onions, carrots and celery into medium dice.
Similar: astragals
noun
- plural of die
verb dices · dicing · diced
- To play dice. Virtuous enough; swore little; diced not above seven times — a week
- To cut into small cubes. And dicing Time for gladness casts a moan....
- To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes.
Dice²
proper noun Dices
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: cube, craps, issue, success, question, luck, data, lots, pair, bones, cubes, devil, cogged, reads, mince, hash
noun
Similar: astragals
Translations
Every language
verb to play dice
| Ελληνικά | παίζω ζάρια paízo zária |
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verb to cut into small cubes
| Español | cortar en cubos |
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| 한국어 | 깎뚝 썰다 kkakttuk sseolda |
| 中文 | 切成丁 qiē chéng dīng |
| Português | cortar em cubinhos, picar |
| Français | couper en dés |
| Deutsch | würfeln, in Würfel schneiden |
| Italiano | fare a dadini, tagliare a dadini |
| Русский | ре́зать ку́биками rézatʹ kúbikami, нареза́ть ку́биками narezátʹ kúbikami, наре́зать ку́биками narézatʹ kúbikami |
| Tiếng Việt | cắt hạt lựu, cắt hột lựu |
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