cáliz

See also: caliz

Galician

A chalice, canting arms of Galicia since the Middle Ages

Alternative forms

• cález, cálice, cális

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɑliθ], (western) [ˈkɑlis]

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese calez, caliz (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), a semi-learned borrowing from Latin calix, calicis.

Noun

cáliz m (plural cálices)

1. chalice, goblet
   • 1307, M. Lucas Álvarez, P. Lucas Domínguez, editors, El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media: estudio y documentos, Sada / A Coruña: Edicións do Castro, page 440:

     hun calez de prata d'un marco et meo, que seia laurado et dourado arredor nas orelas

     a silver chalice of a mark and a half, sculpted and gilded around on the rim

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin calyx, from Ancient Greek κάλυξ (kálux).

Noun

cáliz m (plural cálices)

1. (botany) calyx

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “calez”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “calez”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cáliz”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cáliz”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cáliz”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈkaliθ/ [ˈka.liθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈkalis/ [ˈka.lis]
• Rhymes: -aliθ
• Rhymes: -alis
• Syllabification: cá‧liz

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin calicem. Doublet of cauce.

Noun

cáliz m (plural cálices)

1. chalice, goblet
2. (poetic) cup, glass

   Synonym: copa

Descendants

• → Cebuano: kalis
• → Hiligaynon: kalis
• → Tagalog: kalis

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin calyx, from Ancient Greek κάλυξ (kálux).

Noun

cáliz m (plural cálices)

1. (botany) calyx

Further reading

• “cáliz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10