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Definition: DULCE |
DULCETransitive verb1. To make sweet; to soothe. |
Date "DULCE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Food & Agriculture | Any of several coarse red seaweeds(esp. Rhodymenia palmata)found principally in northern latitudes and used as a food condiment. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Dulce is a town located in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 2,623.
Geography
Dulce is located at 36°56'22" North, 106°59'23" West (36.939557, -106.989600)1.According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 33.5 km² (12.9 mi²). 33.5 km² (12.9 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 2,623 people, 779 households, and 595 families residing in the town. The population density is 78.2/km² (202.6/mi²). There are 899 housing units at an average density of 26.8/km² (69.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 3.43% White, 0.04% African American, 90.66% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 4.35% from other races, and 1.52% from two or more races. 11.74% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.There are 779 households out of which 48.7% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.8% are married couples living together, 28.9% have a female householder with no husband present, and 23.6% are non-families. 19.9% of all households are made up of individuals and 5.3% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 3.34 and the average family size is 3.83.
In the town the population is spread out with 40.0% under the age of 18, 10.0% from 18 to 24, 29.2% from 25 to 44, 16.3% from 45 to 64, and 4.6% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 25 years. For every 100 females there are 92.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 91.4 males.
The median income for a household in the town is $26,818, and the median income for a family is $29,402. Males have a median income of $26,055 versus $21,623 for females. The per capita income for the town is $10,108. 29.5% of the population and 24.8% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 34.6% are under the age of 18 and 41.4% are 65 or older.
Underground Alien Base?
Dulce is allegedely the home to an Joint US/Alien underground base, which is located at the nearby Archuleta Mesa. A lot of information is available on the internet regarding the so-called 'Dulce Base'. Whether it exists or not, is another question.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Dulce, New Mexico."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Abode | Home, fatherland; country; homestead, homestall; fireside; hearth, hearth stone; chimney corner, inglenook, ingle side; harem, seraglio, zenana; household gods, lares et penates, roof, household, housing, dulce domum, paternal domicile; native soil, native land. |
Amusement | Phrase: deus nobis haec otia fecit; dum vivimus vivamus; dulce est desipere in loco; "(every room) hath blazed with lights and brayed with minstrelsy"; misce stullitiam consiliis brevem. |
Death | Phrase: life ebbs, life fails, life hangs by a thread; one's days are numbered, one's hour is come, one's race is run, one's doom is sealed; Death knocks at the door, Death stares one in the face; the breath is out of the body; the grave closes over one; sic itur ad astra; de mortuis nil nisi bonum; dulce et decorum est pro patria mori; honesta mors turpi vita potior; "in adamantine chains shall death be bound"; mors ultima linea rerum est; ominia mors aequat; "Spake the grisly Terror"; "the lone couch of this everlasting sleep"; nothing is certain but death and taxes. |
Duty | Phrase: dura lex sed lex; dulce et decorum est pro patria mori; honos habet onus; leve fit quod bene fertur onus; loyaute m'oblige; " simple duty bath no place for fear "; " stern daughter of the voice of God ";Phrase: dura lex sed lex; dulce et decorum est pro patria mori; honos habet onus; leve fit quod bene fertur onus; loyaute m'oblige; " simple duty bath no place for fear "; " stern daughter of the voice of God "; " there is a higher law than the Constitution ". |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: DULCE |
| English words defined with "DULCE": Finochio. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "DULCE": Dulce Domum, Dulce et Decorum est pro Patria Mori. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "DULCE" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Latin (a sweet drink, charming, dear, delightful, flattering, kind, pleasant, soft, sweet, sweets), Romanian (amorously, benign, bland, candied, charming, dear, dessert, dulcet, flattering, fresh, genial, gentle, gently, honeyed, lovable, luscious, melliferous, mellow, melodious, slack, smooth, soft, suave, sugared, sweet, sweetly, sweets, tender, winning), Spanish (candy, delicacy, dove-like, dulcet, fresh, gentle, melting, mild, soft, soothing, sweet, sweetmeat, tender, tidbit, trifle). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Una Dulce tontería (1970) La Dulce enemiga (1957) Dulce nombre (1952) La Dulce Paz (1922) Dulce enemiga (1995) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Lamentos que dirige un huérfano ya desvalido al encontrarse en el mundo sin el dulce abrigo de sus queridos padres. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Catch of the day" by Mike Berg Commentary: "Making a living off the Rio Dulce, Guatemala." |
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| "DULCE" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 71.43% of the time. "DULCE" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 71.43% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 14.29% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (singular) | 14.29% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 7 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "DULCE" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Dulce | First name Female | 5,000 | 1,448 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
1. Dulce, NM (CDP, FIPS 21390) |
Expressions using "DULCE": Agua Dulce ♦ Apium graveolens dulce ♦ dulce est desipere in loco ♦ dulce et decorum est pro patria mori ♦ Faeniculum dulce ♦ foeniculum dulce ♦ foeniculum vulgare dulce ♦ Pithecellobium dulce. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "DULCE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | spiselig rødalge (delisk, dulse). (various references) | |
French | rhodymenia (dulse), algue comestible (dulse). (various references) | |
German | Speise-Rotalge (delisk, dulse). (various references) | |
Greek | ροδυμενία η φοινικοειδής (delisk, dulse), ροδοφύκη (delisk, dulse, red algae). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ulceday.(various references) | |
Spanish | dulse (delisk, dulse). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Rhodymenia palmata. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 27, Verse 7 |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Anima saturata calcabit favum anima esuriens et amarum pro dulce sumet |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | The soule fulfild shal to-trede the hony comb; the soule forsothe hungrende also bitter for sweete shal take. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | The full soul lotheth a honey-comb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The full man has no use for honey, but to the man in need of food every bitter thing is sweet. |
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| Language | Proverbs Chapter 27, Verse 7 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ang busog nga kalag ginaluod sa udlan; Apan alang sa gigutom nga kalag ang tagsatagsa ka mapait nga butang maoy matam-is. |
| Chinese | 人 喫 飽 了 、 厭 惡 蜂 房 的 蜜 ． 人 飢 餓 了 、 一 切 苦 物 都 覺 甘 甜 。 |
| Croatian | Sito grlo prezire i med samotok, a gladnu je i sve gorko - slatko. |
| Danish | Den mætte vrager Honning, alt beskt er sødt for den sultne. |
| Dutch | Een verzadigde ziel vertreedt het honigzeem; maar aan een hongerige ziel is alle bitter zoet. |
| Finnish | Kylläinen polkee hunajaakin, nälkäiselle on kaikki karvaskin makeata. |
| French | Celui qui est rassasié foule aux pieds le rayon de miel, Mais celui qui a faim trouve doux tout ce qui est amer. |
| German | Eine satte Seele zertritt wohl Honigseim; aber einer hungrigen Seele ist alles Bittere süß. |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Lè vant moun plen, yo refize ata siwo myèl. Lè moun grangou vre, menm bagay anmè gou nan bouch. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Kalau kenyang, madu pun ditolak; kalau lapar, yang pahit pun terasa enak. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Orang yang kenyang ia memijak-mijak jikalau air madu sekalipun, tetapi orang yang berlapar maka barang yang pahitpun menjadi manis baginya. |
| Italian | Gola sazia disprezza il miele; per chi ha fame anche l'amaro è dolce. |
| Maori | ¶ E ngaruru ana te wairua makona ki te honikoma: engari ki te wairua hiakai, reka kau nga mea kawa katoa. |
| Norwegian | Den mette vraker honning, men for den sultne er alt bittert søtt. |
| Portuguese | O que está farto despreza o favo de mel; mas para o faminto todo amargo é doce. |
| Rumanian | Sqtulul calcq kn picioare fagurul de miere, dar pentru cel flqmknd toate amqrqciunile sknt dulci. - |
| Russian | уЩФБС ДХЫБ РПРЙТБЕФ Й УПФ, Б ЗПМПДОПК ДХЫЕ ЧУЕ ЗПТШЛПЕ УМБДЛП. |
| Spanish | La persona saciada desprecia el panal, pero para la hambrienta todo lo amargo es dulce. |
| Swedish | Den mätte trampar honung under fötterna, men den hungrige finner allt vad bittert är sött. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "DULCE": dulcet, dulcetly, dulcets. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: clued. | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-l-u" | |
-1 letter: clue, cued, duce, duel, leud, luce, lude. | |
-2 letters: cel, cud, cue, del, due, ecu, eld, led, leu. | |
-3 letters: de, ed, el. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-e-l-u" | |
+1 letter: caudle, cedula, cuddle, cudgel, culled, culmed, curdle, curled, dulcet, lucked. | |
+2 letters: becloud, buckled, calqued, caudles, caulked, cedulas, cliqued, clouded, cloured, clouted, clubbed, clucked, clumped, clunked, clupeid, collude, coupled, crudely, cuddled, cuddler, cuddles, cudgels, cullied, cupeled, curdled, curdler, curdles, cuttled, decuple, doucely, ductile, ductule, dulcets, exclude, include, loculed, lunched, lurched, maculed, mulched, mulcted, muscled, nuclide, occlude, plucked, ruckled, sculked, sculled, sculped, seclude, sluiced, suckled, ulcered, unlaced. | |
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