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codices

UK/ˈkəʊdɪsiːz/US/ˈkoʊdɪsiːz/

codices is the plural of codex.

Meaning of codex

Noun

codex (plural codices or codexes)

  1. An early manuscript book, especially one bound in the modern manner, by joining pages, as opposed to a rolled scroll.
    • Only eleven codexes form the division that is intitled CHRISTIAN I.1770, Giuseppe Marco Antonio Baretti, A journey from London to Genoa, through England, Portugal, Spain, and France, page 62
  2. An official list of medicines and medicinal ingredients.
    • the French codex
    Synonyms:
    pharmacopoeia

Questions about codices

What is codices the plural of?
Codices is the plural of codex.
How do you pronounce codices?
Codices is pronounced /ˈkəʊdɪsiːz/ (UK).

Words near codices in the dictionary

  1. codhead
  2. codheads
  3. Codi
  4. codiaceous
  5. codical
  6. codices
  7. codicil
  8. codiciled
  9. codiciling
  10. codicillary
  11. codicilled

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Adapted from Wiktionary: codices (page history and authors); codex (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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