liceo

From French lycée and Italian liceo, both from Latin lyceum, ultimately from Ancient Greek Λύκειον (Lúkeion, “Lyceum”).

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• IPA^(key): /liˈt͡seo/
• Rhymes: -eo
• Hyphenation: li‧ce‧o

liceo (accusative singular liceon, plural liceoj, accusative plural liceojn)

1. (France, Italy) secondary school, lyceum

   Synonyms: gimnazio, mezlernejo

• lernejo (“school”)

• liceano

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• IPA^(key): /liˈt͡ʃɛ.o/

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• Rhymes: -ɛo
• Hyphenation: li‧cè‧o

liceo m (plural licei)

1. a type of Italian secondary school/high school focused on the study of humanistic subjects; lyceum

   Hypernyms: (secondary school) scuola secondaria, (high school) scuola superiore

   Hyponyms: (classical lyceum) liceo classico, (scientific lyceum, focused on the study of mathematics and scientific subjects) liceo scientifico, (dated, linguistic lyceum) liceo moderno, (linguistic lyceum, focused on the study of foreign languages) liceo linguistico, (art lyceum, focused on the study of art subjects) liceo artistico

• liceale

• Celio, Oicle, celio, celiò, cielo, colei

From Proto-Indo-European *leyk- (“to prepare for sale”). Cognate with liceor and licet; see there for more.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈlɪ.ke.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈliː.t͡ʃe.o]

liceō (present infinitive licēre, perfect active licuī, supine licitum); second conjugation, no passive

1. to be for sale

   Synonym: pendeō

2. to have a price; to fetch; to value

Borrowed from Latin lyceum, from Ancient Greek Λύκειον (Lúkeion) (the name of a gymnasium, or athletic training facility, near Athens where Aristotle established his school), from Λύκειος ("Lycian" or "wolf-killer"). Probably influenced or derived directly from French lycée.

• IPA^(key): /liˈθeo/ [liˈθe.o] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /liˈseo/ [liˈse.o] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eo
• Syllabification: li‧ce‧o

liceo m (plural liceos)

1. (Latin America) secondary school, high school (in some countries)

   Synonyms: secundaria, escuela secundaria

• “liceo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

• cielo