how to pronounce lice

/lis/

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lice is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of lice in a speech by a native speaker of standard french:

“… autres fabricants en lice quatre chinois …”

meanings of lice

noun:

List, field (for combat); playing field; arena.
Pomerium.
Brach, bitch hound (specifically, dog used for breeding hunting dogs).
Curtain wall.

lice frequency in french - C2+ level of CEFR

the word lice occurs in french on average 2.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.