chalice
UK/ˈt͡ʃæl.ɪs/
chalice noun: a large drinking cup, often having a stem and base and used especially for formal occasions and religious ceremonies.
Noun
chalice (plural chalices)
- A large drinking cup, often having a stem and base and used especially for formal occasions and religious ceremonies.
- [W]e but teach / Bloody Inſtructions, which, being taught, returne / To plague th' Inuentor. This euen-handed Iuſtice / Commends th' Ingredience of our poyſon'd Challice / To our owne lips.c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
- Synonyms:
- goblet
- A kind of water-cooled pipe for smoking cannabis.
chalice meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Tagalog
chalice in Hindi
- large drinking cup
- चषक caṣak
chalice in Tamil
- கிண்ணம்
chalice in Bengali
- পবিত্র পাত্র, গ্লাস
chalice in Tagalog
- large drinking cup
- kalis
More languagesFewer languages
- chalice in Arabic
- صُوَاع ṣuwāʕ
- chalice in Indonesian
- cawan, kaliks, piala, tuwung
- chalice in Persian
- ساتگینی sâtgini
Synonyms of chalice
Forms of chalice
| plural | chalices |
|---|---|
| alternative form | calice |
Origin of chalice
From Middle English chalis, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French chalice, collateral form of calice, borrowed from Latin calix, calicem (“cup”), of uncertain etymology. In view of Umbrian skalçeta (“sacrifical vessel”), perhaps from a Proto-Italic *(s)kalik-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel-. Pokorny considered a parallel formation in Sanskrit कलश (kaláśa-, “(water-)jar, tub, pot, dish”), for Proto-Indo-European *kel-eḱ-, but De Vaan finds this unlikely. Alternatively, borrowed from Ancient Greek κύλιξ (kúlix) or an unattested variant thereof, maybe with contamination from κάλυξ (kálux, “shell, calyx”), but it is also possible that all were borrowed from related substrate words. Possible doublet of calyx and kelch. Compare Sumerian 𒃲(GAL).
Words formed from chalice
Phrases with chalice
Words that rhyme with chalice
Questions about chalice
- What does chalice mean?
- Chalice means a large drinking cup, often having a stem and base and used especially for formal occasions and religious ceremonies.
- What is chalice in Hindi?
- Chalice in Hindi is चषक (caṣak). See Chalice meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is chalice?
- Chalice is a noun.
- How do you pronounce chalice?
- Chalice is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃæl.ɪs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of chalice?
- The plural of chalice is chalices.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: chalice (page history and authors); chalice (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); chalice (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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