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{{also|Slice|slicé}}
==English==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|enm|sclise}}, {{m|enm|sklise}}, from {{der|en|fro|esclice}}, {{m|fro|esclis||a piece split off}}, deverbal of {{m|fro|esclicer}}, {{m|fro|esclicier||to splinter, split up}}, from {{der|en|frk|*slitjan||to split up}}, from {{der|en|gem-pro|*slitjaną}}, from {{der|en|gem-pro|*slītaną||to split, tear apart}}, from {{der|en|ine-pro|*sleyd-||to rend, injure, crumble}}. Akin to {{cog|goh|sliz}}, {{m|goh|gisliz||a tear, rip}}, {{cog|goh|slīzan||to tear}}, {{cog|ang|slītan||to split up}}, modern {{cog|fr|éclisse}}. More at [[slite]], [[slit]].

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/slaɪs/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-slice.ogg|a=US}}
* {{audio|en|en-au-slice.ogg|a=AU}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-slice.wav}}
* {{rhymes|en|aɪs|s=1}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# That which is [[thin]] and [[broad]].
#* {{RQ:Stevenson Treasure Island|text=I pulled in hand over hand on the cord, and when I judged myself near enough, rose at infinite risk to about half my height and thus commanded the roof and a '''slice''' of the interior of the cabin.}}
# A thin, broad piece cut off.
#: {{ux|en|a '''slice''' of bacon; a '''slice''' of cheese; a '''slice''' of bread}}
#: {{ux|en|Jim was munching on a '''slice''' of toast.}}
# {{lb|en|colloquial}} An [[amount]] of anything.
#* {{quote-web
|en
|date=December 28, 2010
|author=Owen Phillips
|title=Sunderland 0 - 2 Blackpool
|work=BBC
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/9317216.stm
|page=
|passage=Blackpool, chasing a seventh win in 17 league matches, simply could not contain Sunderland's rampant attack and had to resort to a combination of last-ditch defending, fine goalkeeping and a large '''slice''' of fortune.}}
# A piece of [[pizza]], shaped like a [[sector]] of a circle.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2010|author=Andrea Renzoni; Eric Renzoni|title=Fuhgeddaboudit!|page=22
|passage=For breakfast, lunch, or dinner, the best Guido meal is a '''slice''' and a Coke.}}
# {{lb|en|British}} A [[snack]] consisting of [[pastry]] with [[savoury]] [[filling]].
#: {{ux|en|I bought a ham and cheese '''slice''' at the service station.}}
# A broad, thin piece of [[plaster]].
# A [[knife]] with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a [[spatula]] for spreading anything, as paint or ink.
# A [[salver]], [[platter]], or [[tray]].
# A [[plate]] of iron with a handle, forming a kind of [[chisel]], or a spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a [[slice bar]]; a [[peel]]; a [[fire shovel]].
# One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.
# {{lb|en|printing}} A removable sliding bottom to a [[galley]].
# {{lb|en|golf}} A shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the right. See {{m|en|fade}}, {{m|en|hook}}, {{m|en|draw}}.
#: {{syn|en|banana ball|banana slice}}
# {{lb|en|cricket}} A kind of [[cut]] [[shot]] where the [[bat]] makes an [[obtuse angle]] with the [[batter]].
# {{lb|en|Australia|NZ|UK}} Any of a class of heavy cakes or desserts made in a tray and cut out into squarish slices.
# {{lb|en|medicine}} A section of image taken of an internal organ using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), CT (computed tomography), or various forms of x-ray.
# {{lb|en|falconry}} A [[hawk]]'s or [[falcon]]'s [[dropping]] which squirts at an angle other than vertical. (See [[mute]].)
# {{lb|en|programming}} A [[contiguous]] portion of an [[array]].

====Derived terms====
{{col4|en
|bit slice
|cake slice|hedgehog slice
|caramel slice|fried slice
|cream slice
|custard slice
|egg slice
|fish slice
|galley slice
|home slice
|hyperslice
|interslice
|it's been a slice
|microslice
|midslice
|minislice
|orthoslice
|slice bar
|slice category
|slice of life
|slice of the pie
|subslice
|[[timeslice]], [[time slice]]
|vanilla slice
|white Christmas slice
|jumbo slice|Napoleon slice|slice knot|slice of the cake|slice shop}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|thin, broad piece cut off}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|شريحة|f}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|лу́ста|f}}, {{t|be|скрыль|m}}, {{t|be|скі́ба|f}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|фили́я|n}}, {{t+|bg|ре́зен|m}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|llesca|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t+|yue|片|tr=pin3}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|片|tr=piàn}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|krajíc|m}} (''of bread''), {{t+|cs|plátek|m}} {{qualifier|of ham}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|skive|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|plak|n}}, {{t+|nl|schijf|n}}
* Egyptian: {{t-egy|fdq|h=f:d-q-Z9:D40}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|tranĉaĵo}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|viilukas}}, {{t|et|viil}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|viipale}}
* French: {{t+|fr|tranche|f}}, {{t+|fr|tronçon|m}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|rebanda|f}}, {{t+|gl|toro|m}}, {{t|gl|tallada|f}}, {{t+|gl|posta|f}}
* Georgian: {{t-needed|ka}}
* German: {{t+|de|Scheibe|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|φέτα|f}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|τέμαχος|n}}
* Hawaiian: {{t-needed|haw}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|פְּרוּסָה|f|tr=prusá}} {{qualifier|of bread}}, {{t+|he|נֵתַח|m|tr=nétaḥ}}, {{t+|he|פֶּלַח|m|tr=pélaḥ}} {{qualifier|of fruit}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|szelet}}, {{t+|hu|karéj}} (''of bread'')
* Icelandic: {{t|is|sneið|f}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|loncho}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|pytky}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|slis|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|fetta|f}}, {{t+|it|trancio|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|切れ|tr=きれ, kire|sc=Jpan}}, {{t+|ja|一片|tr=いっぺん, ippen|sc=Jpan}}, {{t+|ja|スライス|tr=suraisu|sc=Jpan}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|부분}}, {{t+|ko|몫}}, {{t|ko|슬라이스}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|قاش}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ປ່ຽງ}}, {{t|lo|ແຜ່ນບາງໆ}}
* Latvian: {{t+|lv|rika|f}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|riekė̃|f}} {{qualifier|of bread}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|hiris}}, {{t|ms|potong}} {{q|as measure words}}; {{t|ms|hirisan}}, {{t|ms|potongan}}
* Maori: {{t-check|mi|kōripi}}, {{t-check|mi|topenga}}
* Mongolian: {{t-needed|mn}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|tranche|f}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|قاچ|tr=qâč}}, {{t+|fa|تیکه|tr=tikke}}, {{t+|fa|لزگه|tr=lazge}}, {{t+|fa|کرچ|tr=karč}}
* Polish: (2) [[plaster]] {{g|m}}, [[plasterek]] {{g|m}}; [[kromka]] {{g|f}} (''of bread''), [[pajda]] {{g|f}} (''of bread''); (3) [[kawałek]] {{g|m}};
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|fatia}}
* Rarotongan: {{t|rar|kōtipi}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|felie|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|ломо́ть|m}}, {{t+|ru|ло́мтик|m}}, {{t+|ru|кусо́к|m}}, {{t+|ru|кусо́чек|m}}, {{t+|ru|слайс|m}}
* Samoan: {{t|sm|fasi}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|sliseag|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t+|sh|kriška|f}}
* Sicilian: {{t|scn|feḍḍa|f}}, {{t+|scn|pezzu|m}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|rezina}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|rebanada|f}}, {{t+|es|lonja|f}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|slesi}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|skiva|c}}
* Tahitian: {{t|ty|tipi}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ชิ้น}}
* Tongan: {{t-needed|to}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|dilim}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|ски́ба|f}}, {{t|uk|ски́бка|f}}, {{t|uk|шмато́к|m}}, {{t|uk|кусо́к|m}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|lát mỏng}}, {{t|vi|miếng mỏng}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|tafelll|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|a section of image taken of an internal organ}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|sección|f}}, {{t+|es|corte|m}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|kesit}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|golf shot}}
* German: {{t+|de|Slice|m}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|kōripi whakawaho}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To cut into slices.
#: {{ux|en|'''Slice''' the cheese thinly.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To cut with an edge using a drawing motion.
#: {{ux|en|The knife left '''sliced''' his arm.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To clear (e.g. a fire, or the grate bars of a furnace) by means of a [[slice bar]].
# {{lb|en|transitive|badminton}} To hit the shuttlecock with the racket at an angle, causing it to move sideways and downwards.
# {{lb|en|transitive|golf}} To hit a shot that slices (travels from left to right for a right-handed player).
# {{lb|en|transitive|rowing}} To angle the blade so that it goes too deeply into the water when starting to take a stroke.
# {{lb|en|transitive|soccer}} To kick the ball so that it goes in an unintended direction, at too great an angle or too high.
#* {{quote-web|en|author=Sam Sheringham|title=[[w:Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] 1 – 2 [[w:West Bromich Albion F.C.|West Brom]]|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/15319417.stm|work=w:BBC Sport|date=22 October 2011|passage=Chris Brunt '''sliced''' the spot-kick well wide but his error was soon forgotten as Olsson headed home from a corner.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|tennis}} To hit the ball with a stroke that causes a spin, resulting in the ball swerving or staying low after a bounce.

====Derived terms====
{{col3|en
|any way one slices it
|no matter how one slices it
|no matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney
|salami-slice
|slice and dice
|sliceable
|sliced bread
|slice off
|slicer
|slice the pie
|slice through
|slice up
|slow slicing
}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|to cut into slices}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|قَطَّعَ}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|наря́звам}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|llescar}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|lõikama}}
* Fijian: {{t|fj|cibi}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|viipaloida}}, {{t+|fi|siivuttaa}}
* French: {{t+|fr|trancher}}, {{t|fr|couper en tranches}}, {{t+|fr|émincer}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|rebandar}}, {{t|gl|tronzar}}, {{t+|gl|trinchar}}
* German: {{t+|de|schneiden}}, {{t+|de|aufschneiden}}, {{t+|de|hobeln}}, {{qualifier|histolog.}} {{t|de|Schnitte anfertigen|f}}, {{t|de|in Scheiben schneiden|p}}
* Hawaiian: {{t|haw|kipi}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|פָּרַס|m|tr=parás}}, {{t+|he|בָּצַע|m|tr=batzá'}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|affettare}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|hiris}}, {{t|ms|potong}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|tipi}}, {{t|mi|tītipi}}, {{t|mi|ripi}}, {{t|mi|kōripi}}, {{t|mi|hōripiripi}}, {{t|mi|topetope}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|tranchi}}
* Norwegian: {{t|no|å skjære}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|طوغرامق|tr=doğramak}}
* Paicî: {{t|pri|taari}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|kroić (na kawałki)|impf}}, {{t|pl|pokroić (na kawałki)|pf}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|fatiar|f}}
* Romanian: {{t|ro|felia}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|ре́зать|impf}}, {{t+|ru|поре́зать|pf}}
* Samoan: {{t|sm|tipi}}, {{t|sm|tatipi}} {{q|to cut several objects at once, or to cut one into many slices}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|slisnich}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{t|dsb|kšajaś|impf}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|rebanar}}, {{t+|es|rodajear}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|skiva}}
* Tahitian: {{t|ty|tipi}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ฝาน}}, {{t+|th|หั่น}}, {{t+|th|เฉือน}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|dilimlemek}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|(golf) to hit a shot that travels to one side}}
* Italian: {{t|it|svirgolare}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Adjective===
{{wikipedia|Slice knot}}
{{en-adj|-}}

# {{lb|en|mathematics}} Having the properties of a slice [[knot]].

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=ceils|-sicle|Celis|ILECs|Leics|Sicel|ceils|ciels|clies|sicle}}

==French==

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA|slaillce}}
* {{audio|fr|LL-Q150 (fra)-Exilexi-slice.wav}}

===Verb===
{{head|fr|verb form}}

# {{inflection of|fr|slicer||1//3|s|pres|ind//sub|;|2|s|imp}}

==Old Irish==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|sga|cel-pro||*sleggio}}, from {{m|cel-pro|*sleg}}, from {{der|sga|ine-pro|*slak-||to hit, strike, throw}}. See also {{cog|grc|λᾰκίζω|t=to tear apart}}.<ref>{{R:MacBain|slige}}</ref>

===Noun===
{{sga-noun|m|3=slici}}

# [[shell]]

====Inflection====
{{sga-decl-io-masc|slic}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|sga|slicén}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|ga|slige}}
* {{desc|gv|shlig}}
* {{desc|gd|slige}}

===References===
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