dulce

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/dʌls/

adjective

Sweet.

OriginClassical Latin dulcis ← Middle English douce ← Old French douz →
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Meanings

dulce1

adjectivedulce (comparative more dulce, superlative most dulce)

comparative more dulce · superlative most dulce

  1. archaicSweet.

dulce2

noundulce (uncountable)
  1. uncountableSweetness.

dulce3

noundulce (plural dulces)

plural dulces

  1. obsoleteSomething sweet; a sweetmeat.

    The guava […] is seldom eaten except when preserved with sirup or sugar. In this form it is one of the favorite dulces of the country.

    1871, Charles Washburn, The History of Paraguay

dulce4

verbdulce (third-person singular simple present dulces, present participle dulcing, simple past and past participle dulced)

present singular third person dulces · participle present dulcing · participle past dulced · past dulced

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo sweeten or soothe.

dulce5

noundulce (countable and uncountable, plural dulces)

plural dulces

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of dulse.
  2. countableuncountableseaweed; kelp

Dulce6

proper nounDulce (plural Dulces)

plural Dulces · alternative Dulcé · alternative Dulcee · alternative Dulcée

  1. A female given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Dulcie.

Origin

dulce · adjective

  1. Old Frenchdouz
  2. Middle Englishdouce
  3. Classical Latindulcis
  4. Englishdulce

Either a learned borrowing from Classical Latin dulcis or an alteration of earlier douce (from Middle English douce, from Old French douz, douce) after it. Doublet of dolce, douce, and doux.

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dulce · noun

  1. Classical Latindulce
  2. Englishdulce

Partly a learned borrowing from Classical Latin dulce, use as noun of neuter of dulcis, and partly from the adjective (etymology 1).

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dulce · noun

  1. Spanishdulce“sweetmeat”
  2. Englishdulce

From Spanish dulce (“sweetmeat”), use as noun of the adjective.

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dulce · verb

  1. Middle Englishdoucen
  2. Englishdulce

From Middle English doucen, from the adjective (etymology 1).

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dulce · noun

Alteration of dulse.

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Dulce · proper noun

  1. SpanishDulce
  2. EnglishDulce

From Spanish Dulce.

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Translations

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Cite this entry
APA

dulce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dulce

MLA

“dulce.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dulce. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dulce,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dulce.

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