foice
Portuguese, noun/ˈfoj.si/
foice is spelled F-O-I-C-E (5 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 29,263rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Foice is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “scythe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “instrumento no formato de C, que possui cabo, utilizado para ceifar”.
What does foice mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininescythe
- 2
femininesickle
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. instrumento no formato de C, que possui cabo, utilizado para ceifar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of foice
- foices plural
- fouce alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce foice?
- Brazil /ˈfoj.si/
- Brazil [ˈfoɪ̯.si]
- Portugal /ˈfoj.sɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to foice
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is foice in Portuguese?
foice appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).