macis

Inherited from Middle French macis, from Old French macis, from late Medieval Latin macis, possibly a corruption of Latin macir (denoting a different red spice from India), from Ancient Greek μάκιρ (mákir, “macir”), an eastern loanword of unknown further origin.

• IPA^(key): /ma.si/

macis m (uncountable)

1. mace (spice)

• → Greek: μασίς (masís)

• “macis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

maci (“little bear, teddy bear”) +‎ -s (“-like, -related”, adjective-forming suffix)

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɒt͡siʃ]
• Hyphenation: ma‧cis
• Rhymes: -iʃ

macis (comparative macisabb, superlative legmacisabb)

1. bearlike, teddy bear-like, sturdy, burly (chiefly as an attribute of physique)

   Synonyms: mackós, medvés

   Antonym: vékony

From Medieval Latin macis, corrupted from Latin macir.

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.t͡ʃis/
• Rhymes: -atʃis
• Hyphenation: mà‧cis

macis m or f (invariable)

1. mace (spice)

From Medieval Latin macis, possible corruption of Latin macir, the name of a different spice, q.v.

macis oblique singular, m (nominative singular macis)

1. mace (spice)

• Middle French: macis
  • → Middle English: macys, maas, mace, maces, macez, macz, mases, masis, masys, mauce
    • English: mace
      • → Japanese: メース (meisu)
      • → Maori: meihi
  • French: macis
    • → Greek: μασίς (masís)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

macis m (uncountable)

1. mace (spice made from nutmeg kernel)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈmaθis/ [ˈma.θis]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈmasis/ [ˈma.sis]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -aθis
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -asis
• Syllabification: ma‧cis

macis f (plural macis)

1. mace (spice)

• “macis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014