dice

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. Gaming with one or more dice.
2. 1990, Ivar Ekeland, Mathematics and the Unexpected, page 67
3. 1990, Ivar Ekeland, Mathematics and the Unexpected, page 67: The problem is that no one can throw a die twice in precisely the same way, and this is why dice is a game of chance and not a skill.
4. A die.
5. That which has been diced.

Würfel

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würfeln

in Würfel schneiden

Spielwürfel

Würfel ''m'' -s

small cube

six-sided solid

elbow-shaking

Frequenz

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/daɪs/

From Middle English dys, plural of dy. See the etymology of die (etymology 2) for further information. The voiceless /s/ was most likely retained because the word felt like a collective term rather than a plural form (compare pence), and the spelling dice is a result of the pronunciation.

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die

1. To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
2. To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
3. To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
4. To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
5. To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
6. To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
7. To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
8. To (stop living and) undergo (a specified death).
9. (slang) To lose or be eliminated from a game, particularly with a deathlike animation.
10. To yearn intensely.
11. To be or become hated or utterly ignored or cut off, as if dead.
12. To become spiritually dead; to lose hope.
13. (colloquial) To be mortified or shocked by a situation.
14. To be so overcome with emotion or laughter as to be incapacitated.
15. To stop working; to break down or otherwise lose "vitality".
16. To abort, to terminate (as an error condition).
17. To expire at the end of the session of a legislature without having been brought to a vote.
18. To perish; to cease to exist; to become lost or extinct.
19. To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc.
20. To become indifferent; to cease to be subject.
21. To disappear gradually in another surface, as where mouldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.
22. To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.
23. (slang) To fail to evoke laughter from the audience.