liquorice
/ˈlɪ.k(ə).ɹɪʃ/
liquorice noun: UK, Ireland, India, and South Africa standard spelling of licorice.
Noun
liquorice (countable and uncountable, plural liquorices)
- UK, Ireland, India, and South Africa standard spelling of licorice.
liquorice meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
liquorice in Tamil
- அதிமதுரம்
liquorice in Urdu
- ملیٹھی
liquorice in Bengali
- যষ্টিমধু
liquorice in Telugu
- liquorice
- అతిమధురము atimadhuramu
- liquorice, the root of the Abrus precatorius
- యష్టిమధుకము yaṣṭimadhukamu
More languagesFewer languages
- liquorice in Sanskrit
- मधूक madhūka
- liquorice in Sinhala
- මධු madhu
Forms of liquorice
| plural | liquorices |
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Origin of liquorice
From licorice by association with liquor.
Words formed from liquorice
Phrases with liquorice
Questions about liquorice
- What does liquorice mean?
- Liquorice means UK, Ireland, India, and South Africa standard spelling of licorice.
- What is liquorice in Tamil?
- Liquorice in Tamil is அதிமதுரம். See Liquorice meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is liquorice?
- Liquorice is a noun.
- How do you pronounce liquorice?
- Liquorice is pronounced /ˈlɪ.k(ə).ɹɪʃ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of liquorice?
- The plural of liquorice is liquorices.
Words near liquorice in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: liquorice (page history and authors); liquorice (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); liquorice (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); liquorice (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); అతిమధురము (Telugu) (page history and authors); मधूक (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); මධු (Sinhala) (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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