slice

A2 Topic:Cooking & Baking

US /slaɪs/ See IPA manual

Freq #5119

Meanings

1

noun
A thin, flat piece cut from something.

She cut a slice of bread for breakfast.
2

verb
To cut something into thin, flat pieces.

Slice the cheese thinly and put it on the plate.
3

noun
A share or part of something.

Each partner gets a slice of the company's profits.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a thin, flat piece cut from... bit chunk piece

3 noun · a share or part of something. piece

Word family

Forms slicedslicesslicing

Derived forms cryoslicehypersliceinterslicemicroslicemidsliceminislicemisslicemultislicenanosliceorthoslicepreslicereslice

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Phrases (1)

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slice through
to pass through something with a cutting movement

Verb + preposition/particle

Proverbs (1)

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No matter how you slice it, it's still baloney

Simplified etymology

Slice entered English in the Middle English period from French esclice, “splinter.” The French word came from the same Germanic source as slit and was also related to the word that produced slate.

Etymology

From Middle English sclise, sklise, from Old French esclice, esclis (“a piece split off”), deverbal of esclicer, esclicier (“to splinter, split up”), from Frankish *slitjan (“to split up”), from Proto-Germanic *slitjaną, from Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to split, tear apart”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyd- (“to rend, injure, crumble”). Akin to Old High German sliz, gisliz (“a tear, rip”), Old High German slīȥan (“to tear”), Old English slītan (“to split up”), modern French éclisse. More at slite, slit.

sclise Middle English esclice Old French *slitjan frk *slitjaną Proto-Germanic *slītaną Proto-Germanic *sleyd- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Cooking & Baking General Vocabulary

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# slice

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /slaɪs/
**Frequency rank:** 5119

## Meanings
1. A thin, flat piece cut from something.
2. To cut something into thin, flat pieces.
3. A share or part of something.

## Examples
- She cut a slice of bread for breakfast.
- Slice the cheese thinly and put it on the plate.
- Each partner gets a slice of the company's profits.

## Derived Forms
- cryoslice
- hyperslice
- interslice
- microslice
- midslice
- minislice
- misslice
- multislice
- nanoslice
- orthoslice
- preslice
- reslice

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: sclise
- Root: esclice
- Root: *slitjan
- Root: *slitjaną
- Root: *slītaną
- Root: *sleyd-

## Etymology
From Middle English sclise, sklise, from Old French esclice, esclis (“a piece split off”), deverbal of esclicer, esclicier (“to splinter, split up”), from Frankish *slitjan (“to split up”), from Proto-Germanic *slitjaną, from Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to split, tear apart”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyd- (“to rend, injure, crumble”). Akin to Old High German sliz, gisliz (“a tear, rip”), Old High German slīȥan (“to tear”), Old English slītan (“to split up”), modern French éclisse. More at slite, slit.

## AI Etymology
Slice is from Middle English sclise, sklise, from Old French esclice, esclis (“a piece split off”), deverbal of esclicer, esclicier (“to splinter, split up”), from Frankish *slitjan (“to split up”), from Proto-Germanic *slitjaną, from Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to split, tear apart”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyd- (“to rend, injure, crumble”). Akin to Old High German sliz, gisliz (“a tear, rip”), Old High German slīȥan (“to tear”), Old English slītan (“to split up”), modern French éclisse. More at slite, slit. Important forms in the word's history include Middle English sclise, Old French esclice, frk *slitjan, Proto-Germanic *slitjaną, Proto-Germanic *slītaną, Proto-Indo-European *sleyd-. In current use it includes senses such as A thin, flat piece cut from something and To cut something into thin, flat pieces.

## Topics
- Cooking & Baking
- General Vocabulary

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