macis

See also: Macis, macís, and maĉis

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French macis, from Old French macis, from late Medieval Latin macis, possibly a corruption of Latin macir (denoting a different red spice from India), from Ancient Greek μάκιρ (mákir, “macir”), an eastern loanword of unknown further origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.si/

Noun

macis m (uncountable)

1. mace (spice)

Descendants

• → Greek: μασίς (masís)

Further reading

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

Hungarian

Etymology

maci (“little bear, teddy bear”) +‎ -s (“-like, -related”, adjective-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɒt͡siʃ]
• Hyphenation: ma‧cis
• Rhymes: -iʃ

Adjective

macis (comparative macisabb, superlative legmacisabb)

1. bearlike, teddy bear-like, sturdy, burly (chiefly as an attribute of physique)

   Synonyms: mackós, medvés

   Antonym: vékony

Declension

Inflection of macis

	singular	plural
nominative	macis	macisak
accusative	macisat macist	macisakat
dative	macisnak	macisaknak
instrumental	macissal	macisakkal
causal-final	macisért	macisakért
translative	macissá	macisakká
terminative	macisig	macisakig
essive-formal	macisként	macisakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	macisban	macisakban
superessive	macison	macisakon
adessive	macisnál	macisaknál
illative	macisba	macisakba
sublative	macisra	macisakra
allative	macishoz	macisakhoz
elative	macisból	macisakból
delative	macisról	macisakról
ablative	macistól	macisaktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	macisé	macisaké
non-attributive possessive – plural	maciséi	macisakéi

Italian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin macis, corrupted from Latin macir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.t͡ʃis/
• Rhymes: -atʃis
• Hyphenation: mà‧cis

Noun

macis m or f (invariable)

1. mace (spice)

Old French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin macis, possible corruption of Latin macir, the name of a different spice, q.v.

Noun

macis oblique singular, m (no plural, nominative singular macis)

1. mace (spice)

Descendants

• Middle French: macis
  • → Middle English: macys, maas, mace, maces, macez, macz, mases, masis, masys, mauce
    • English: mace
      • → Japanese: メース (meisu)
      • → Korean: 메이스 (meiseu)
      • → Māori: meihi
      • → Welsh: mês
  • French: macis
    • → Greek: μασίς (masís)

Portuguese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈsis/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈsis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /maˈsiʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈsiʃ/

Noun

macis m (uncountable)

1. mace (spice made from nutmeg kernel)

Further reading

• “macis”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “macis”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaθis/ [ˈma.θis] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /ˈmasis/ [ˈma.sis] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aθis (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• Rhymes: -asis (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: ma‧cis

Noun

macis f (plural macis)

1. mace (spice)

Further reading

• “macis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026