épice

Inherited from Old French espice, an old (12th century) borrowing from Latin speciēs, which in Late Latin meant "spice", "foodstuff", "commodity", "drug". Doublet of espèce.

• IPA^(key): /e.pis/

• Audio; “une épice”:

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• Rhymes: -is

épice f (plural épices)

1. spice

épice

1. inflection of épicer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

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

• pièce