complice

See also: cómplice

English

Etymology

From Old French.

Noun

complice (plural complices)

1. (obsolete) An accomplice; a supporter.
   • c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:

     The lives of all your loving complices / Lean on your health; the which, if you give o’er / To stormy passion, must perforce decay.

   • 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, book II, subsection 40 (His Condition Performed, and yet He Demurres), page 72:

     VVell, the VVeſt-Saxon King vvas quickly overcome, and all his Complices either killed, or conquered, and yet King Edvvine demurred to embrace Chriſtianity.

   • 1676, Andreas Rivetus, Junior [pseudonym; Andrew Marvell], Mr. Smirke. Or, The Divine in Mode. […], [London]: [s.n.], →OCLC, page 11:

     Our Saviour was accused that he would Destroy the Temple. The first Martyr Steven was stoned as a Complice.

   • 1762, David Hume, “[Richard I.] Chapter II.”, in The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the Accession of Henry VII, volume I, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, page 340:

     [A] bill confirming the attainder of Somerset and his complices was also rejected by the commons, tho’ it had passed the upper house.

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 1989, →OCLC

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin complex.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.plis/

Adjective

complice (plural complices)

1. kindred, close
2. complicit

Noun

complice m or f by sense (plural complices)

1. accomplice

Related terms

• complicité

Descendants

• → German: Komplize

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

From Latin complex.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔm.pli.t͡ʃe/, /ˈkom.pli.t͡ʃe/
• Rhymes: -ɔmplitʃe, -omplitʃe
• Hyphenation: còm‧pli‧ce, cóm‧pli‧ce

Noun

complice m or f by sense (plural complici)

1. (also figurative) accomplice

   Synonyms: connivente, correo, compare, socio

Adjective

complice (invariable)

1. thanks to, aided by

   un'ondata di violenza che, complice la crisi salutaria, ha scosso il paese

   a wave of violence that, thanks to the health crisis, has shaken the country

2. (relational) accomplice, accomplice's, of an accomplice

Further reading

• complice in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French complice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /komˈpli.t͡ʃe/

Noun

complice m (plural complici)

1. accomplice, accessory

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	complice	complicele	complici	complicii
genitive-dative	complice	complicelui	complici	complicilor
vocative	complice		complicilor

Noun

complice f (plural complice)

1. female accomplice, accessory

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	complice	complicea	complice	complicele
genitive-dative	complice	complicei	complice	complicelor
vocative	complice, compliceo		complicelor

Etymology 2

From complica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [komˈplit͡ʃe]

Verb

complice

1. third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of complica