luce
/luːs/
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Northern Ireland/ˈlʉs/
luce noun: the pike, Esox lucius, when fully grown.
Noun
luce (plural luces)
- The pike, Esox lucius, when fully grown.
- As wee hunt after beasts, so Tygers and Lyons hunt after men, and have a like exercise one upon another: Hounds over the Hare; the Pike or Luce over the Tench[…].1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
Proper noun capitalized: Luce
Luce
- A surname from Italian.
- A township in Spencer County, Indiana, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States.
luce meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Telugu
luce in Hindi
- लूस, लुस
luce in Marathi
- ल्युस, लुस
luce in Bengali
- লুস, ল্যুস
luce in Telugu
- లూస్
More languagesFewer languages
- luce in Kannada
- ಲೂಸ್
- luce in Punjabi
- ਲੂਸ
- luce in Gujarati
- લ્યુસ, લુસ, લૂસ
- luce in Odia
- ଲୁସ୍, ଲୁସ
- luce in Nepali
- लुस
Forms of luce
| plural | luces |
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Origin of luce
From Old French lus, luis, from Latin lūcius.
Words formed from luce
Words that rhyme with luce
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- deduce
- sluice
- unloose
- educe
- effuse
- introduce
- mousse
- produce
- recluse
- reproduce
- Rus
- seduce
- spruce
- excuse
- moose
- traduce
- transduce
- vamoose
- Zeus
- abduce
- abstruse
- adduce
- cruse
- diffuse
- disuse
- doos
- douce
- overproduce
- papoose
- reuse
- truce
- unsluice
- Al-Andalus
- ashy-headed goose
- boose
- burnoose
- caduce
- ceruse
- charlotte russe
- Emden goose
- fog juice
- hoose
- ill-use
- incuse
- misuse
- noose
- obstruse
- overuse
Questions about luce
- What does luce mean?
- Luce means the pike, Esox lucius, when fully grown.
- What is luce in Hindi?
- Luce in Hindi is लूस, लुस. See Luce meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is luce?
- Luce can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce luce?
- Luce is pronounced /luːs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of luce?
- The plural of luce is luces.
Words near luce in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: luce (page history and authors); Luce (page history and authors); luce (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); luce (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); luce (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); luce (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); luce (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); luce (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); luce (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); luce (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); luce (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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