luce

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UK/luːs/Northern Ireland, Scotland/ˈlʉs/

noun

The pike, Esox lucius, when fully grown.

OriginOld French lus ← Latin lūcius →
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Meanings

luce1

nounluce (plural luces)

plural luces

  1. 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

Luce2

proper noun
  1. A surname from Italian.
  2. A township in Spencer County, Indiana, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States.

Origin

  1. Latinlūcius
  2. Old Frenchlus
  3. Englishluce

From Old French lus, luis, from Latin lūcius.

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Translations

Bulgarian щука
  • щука (štuka)Esox lucius

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with luce

usereduceabuseproducebruceintroducelooseexcusereproducereusegoosemisuseinducespruceRusdiffuseZeusdeucetrucemoussededuceseduceoverusenoose
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Sounds the same

loose

Anagrams

clue
Cite this entry
APA

luce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/luce

MLA

“luce.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/luce. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “luce,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/luce.

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