alce
Spanish, noun
alce is spelled A-L-C-E (4 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 37,997th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alce is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “elk (UK), moose (US) (Alces alces)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of alzar. With an accent, alcé is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of alzar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Alces alces) Especie de mamífero artiodáctilo de la familia de los cérvidos. Habitante original de los…”.
What does alce mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineelk (UK), moose (US) (Alces alces)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative of alzar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Alces alces) Especie de mamífero artiodáctilo de la familia de los cérvidos. Habitante original de los bosques nórdicos de Europa y Asia. Es cazado especialmente por su carne, la piel y los huesos, así como por deporte. Pueden pesar de 350 hasta 450 kg y tener una altura de 1,50 a 2,15 m. La diferenciación de machos y hembras solo es notada en la falta de astas ya que sus alturas son relativament
noun: 1. En los juegos de naipes se le llama alce a las cartas que son cortadas antes de ser distribuidas.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of alce
- alces plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to alce
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alce in Spanish?
alce appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).