macis
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle FrenchCategory:French terms inherited from Middle French#MACISCategory:French terms derived from Middle French#MACIS macis, from Old FrenchCategory:French terms inherited from Old French#MACISCategory:French terms derived from Old French#MACIS macis, from late Medieval LatinCategory:French terms derived from Medieval Latin#MACIS macis, possibly a corruption of LatinCategory:French terms derived from Latin#MACIS macir (denoting a different red spice from India), from Ancient GreekCategory:French terms derived from Ancient Greek#MACIS μάκιρ (mákir, “macir”), an eastern loanword of unknown further origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
macis m (uncountable)Category:French lemmas#MACISCategory:French nouns#MACISCategory:French uncountable nouns#MACISCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#MACISCategory:French masculine nouns#MACISCategory:Pages with entries#MACISCategory:Pages with 6 entries#MACIS
Descendants
- → Greek: μασίς (masís)
Further reading
- “macis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Hungarian
Etymology
maci (“little bear, teddy bear”) + -s (“-like, -related”, adjective-forming suffix)Category:Hungarian adjectives suffixed with -s#MACIS
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmɒt͡siʃ]Category:Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation#MACIS
- Hyphenation: ma‧cis
- Rhymes: -iʃCategory:Rhymes:Hungarian/iʃ#MACIS
Adjective
macisCategory:Hungarian lemmas#MACISCategory:Hungarian adjectives#MACISCategory:Hungarian entries with incorrect language header#MACISCategory:Pages with entries#MACISCategory:Pages with 6 entries#MACIS (comparative macisabb, superlative legmacisabb)
- bearlike, teddy bear-like, sturdy, burly (chiefly as an attribute of physique)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | macis | macisak |
| accusative | macisat macist |
macisakat |
| dative | macisnak | macisaknak |
| instrumental | macissal | macisakkal |
| causal-final | macisért | macisakért |
| translative | macissá | macisakká |
| terminative | macisig | macisakig |
| essive-formal | macisként | macisakként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | macisban | macisakban |
| superessive | macison | macisakon |
| adessive | macisnál | macisaknál |
| illative | macisba | macisakba |
| sublative | macisra | macisakra |
| allative | macishoz | macisakhoz |
| elative | macisból | macisakból |
| delative | macisról | macisakról |
| ablative | macistól | macisaktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
macisé | macisaké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
maciséi | macisakéi |
Italian
Etymology
From Medieval LatinCategory:Italian terms derived from Medieval Latin#MACIS macis, corrupted from LatinCategory:Italian terms derived from Latin#MACIS macir.
Pronunciation
Noun
macis m or f (invariable)Category:Italian lemmas#MACISCategory:Italian nouns#MACISCategory:Italian countable nouns#MACISCategory:Italian indeclinable nouns#MACISCategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#MACISCategory:Italian masculine nouns#MACISCategory:Italian feminine nouns#MACISCategory:Italian nouns with multiple genders#MACISCategory:Pages with entries#MACISCategory:Pages with 6 entries#MACIS
- mace (spice)
Old French
Etymology
Category:Old French terms derived from Ancient Greek#MACISFrom Medieval LatinCategory:Old French terms derived from Medieval Latin#MACIS macis, possible corruption of LatinCategory:Old French terms derived from Latin#MACIS macir, the name of a different spice, q.v.
Noun
macis oblique singular, m (nominative singular macis)Category:Old French lemmas#MACISCategory:Old French nouns#MACISCategory:Old French masculine nouns#MACISCategory:Old French uncountable nouns#MACISCategory:Old French entries with incorrect language header#MACISCategory:Old French masculine nouns#MACISCategory:Pages with entries#MACISCategory:Pages with 6 entries#MACIS
Descendants
Portuguese
Etymology
Category:Portuguese terms derived from Medieval Latin#MACISCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#MACISCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Ancient Greek#MACIS(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Portuguese entries#MACIS
Pronunciation
Noun
macis m (uncountable)Category:Portuguese lemmas#MACISCategory:Portuguese nouns#MACISCategory:Portuguese uncountable nouns#MACISCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#MACISCategory:Portuguese masculine nouns#MACISCategory:Pages with entries#MACISCategory:Pages with 6 entries#MACIS
- mace (spice made from nutmeg kernel)
Further reading
- “macis”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “macis”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Category:Spanish terms derived from Medieval Latin#MACISCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#MACISCategory:Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek#MACIS(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Spanish entries#MACIS
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmaθis/ [ˈma.θis] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#MACISCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#MACIS
- IPA(key): /ˈmasis/ [ˈma.sis] (Latin America, Philippines)Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#MACISCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#MACIS
- Rhymes: -aθis (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)Category:Rhymes:Spanish/aθis#MACISCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aθis/2 syllables#MACIS
- Rhymes: -asis (Latin America, Philippines)Category:Rhymes:Spanish/asis#MACISCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/asis/2 syllables#MACIS
- Syllabification: ma‧cis
Noun
macis f (plural macis)Category:Spanish lemmas#MACISCategory:Spanish nouns#MACISCategory:Spanish countable nouns#MACISCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#MACISCategory:Spanish feminine nouns#MACISCategory:Pages with entries#MACISCategory:Pages with 6 entries#MACIS
- mace (spice)
Further reading
- “macis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025