From en.wiktionary.org:
[Dice]
** English
[wikipedia]
*** Etymology
From [en], plural of [enm]. See the etymology of _die_ (etymology 2) for
further information. The voiceless [/s/] was most likely retained because the
word felt like a collective term rather than a plural form (compare [en]), and
the spelling _dice_ is a result of the pronunciation.
*** Pronunciation
- [dīs] , [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[~]
1. [en] Gaming with one or more dice.
2. * [passage=Or think of a decent young citizen in a toga—perhaps too much DICE , you know—coming out here in the train of some prefect, or tax-gatherer, or trader even, to mend his fortunes.]
3. * [en]
4. * [en]
<!-- (Original: _Jedenfalls bin ich überzeugt, dass der Alte nicht würfelt._
December 4, 1926. Albert Einstein. -->
1. * [en]
2. [en] A die .
3. * 1980 , Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, “The Winner Takes It All”, _Super Trouper_ , Polar Music
4. *: The gods may throw a DICE / Their minds as cold as ice
5. * [en]
6. * [en]
7. [en] That which has been diced.
8. * [en]
**** Usage notes
- The singular usage is considered incorrect by many authorities. However, it should be noted that _The New Oxford Dictionary of English_ , Judy Pearsall, Patrick Hanks (1998) states that “In modern standard English, the singular [en] (rather than _dice_ ) is uncommon. _Dice_ is used for both the singular and the plural.”
- [en] is predominant among tabletop gamers.
**** Quotations
- [en]
**** Synonyms
- [en]
**** Derived terms
{{col|en|dicebox|diceless|dicelike|dicemaker|diceware |dice divination|dice
game|dicey|drugstore dice|no dice|percentile dice|precision dice|roll the
dice|bale of dice|dice box|dice coal|dice mechanic|dice run|dice shaker|dice
snake|dice tower|electric dice|God does not play dice with the universe|let
the dice fall where they may|liar's dice|loaded dice|pass-dice|percentage
dice|dice girl|dice roll|dice-box|fuzzy dice|liar dice|roll of the dice|throw
of the dice|Efron's dice|dice oracle}}
**** Translations
[polyhedron used in games of chance]
*** Noun
[en]
1. [en]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To play dice.
2. * [III]
3. * [page=32]
4. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1999 | author=w:George R.R. Martin | title=A Clash of Kings | page=407 | publisher=Bantam | year_published=2011
|passage=Tyrion found Timmett DICING with his Burned Men in the barracks.}}
1. [en] To cut into small cube s.
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1898 | author=w:Thomas Hardy | title=Hap
|passage=And DICING Time for gladness casts a moan....}}
1. * [en]
2. * {{ quote-journal | en
|title=How our home delivery habit reshaped the world|author=Samanth
Subramanian|date=November 21 2019|journal=The
Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/nov/21/how-our-home-delivery-habit-reshaped-the-world
|passage=But as our urban lives have grown more pressed for time, we have
DICED our opportunity costs finer and finer; from budgeting days or slabs of
hours, we have come to rationing minutes. }}
1. [en] To ornament with square s, diamond s, or cube s.
**** Derived terms
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
**** Translations
[to cut into small cubes]
- Chinese:
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Korean: [ko]
- Malay: [ms]
- Maori: [mi]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] [imperfective/perfective have different word stress]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
- Vietnamese: [vi] , [vi]
[trans-bottom]
[to play dice]
- Greek: [el]
[trans-bottom]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en]
** Interlingua
*** Verb
[ia]
1. [dic]
** Italian
*** Pronunciation
[dìce]
*** Verb
[it]
1. [it]
*** Anagrams
- [it]
** Latin
*** Verb
[la]
1. [la] [la]
*** References
- [R:L&S]
- [R:Gaffiot]
- [R:PersEnc]
- [R:Peck]
- [R:Smith's Persons]
** Middle English
*** Noun
[enm]
1. [enm]
** Spanish
*** Alternative forms
- [es] [archaic]
*** Pronunciation
[es-pr]
*** Verb
[es]
1. [decir]
** Tarantino
*** Numeral
[roa-tar]
1. ten
[roa-tar]