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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɛk
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
pec (plural pecs)
- (colloquial, usually in the plural) The pectoralis major muscle.
- He's flexing his pecs at anyone who'll look.
- 2022 March 5, Alex Hawgood, “What Is ‘Bigorexia’?”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
- The quest for perfect pecs is so strong that psychiatrists now sometimes refer to it as “bigorexia,” a form of muscle dysmorphia exhibited mostly by men and characterized by excessive weight lifting, a preoccupation with not feeling muscular enough and a strict adherence to eating foods that lower weight and build muscle.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
a pectoral muscle
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Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
pec (uncountable)
References[edit]
- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
Anagrams[edit]
Albanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Albanian *paitsa, from Proto-Indo-European *peiḱ. Related to Old Norse feigr (“close to death”), Lithuanian paĩkas (“stupid”).[1]
Adjective[edit]
pec (feminine pece)
References[edit]
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “pec”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 313
Catalan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
pec (feminine pega, masculine plural pecs, feminine plural pegues)
Czech[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Inherited from Old Czech pec, from Proto-Slavic *peťь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *péktis, from Proto-Indo-European *pékʷtis, from *pekʷ-.
Noun[edit]
pec f
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
pec
- (archaic) second-person singular imperative of péct
- Synonym: peč
Further reading[edit]
- pec in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- pec in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- pec in Internetová jazyková příručka
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pec m (plural pecs)
- (informal, usually in the plural) pec (pectoralis major muscle)
- Synonym: pecto
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “pec”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old Czech[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *peťь.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pec f
Declension[edit]
Declension of pec (i-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | pec | peci | peci |
genitive | peci | pecú | pecí |
dative | peci | pecma | pecem |
accusative | pec | peci | peci |
vocative | peci | peci | peci |
locative | peci | pecú | pecech |
instrumental | pecú | pecma | pecmi |
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Czech: pec
Verb[edit]
pec
Further reading[edit]
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “pec”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Slovak[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *peťь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *péktis, from Proto-Indo-European *pékʷtis, from *pekʷ-.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pec f (genitive singular pece, nominative plural pece, genitive plural pecí, declension pattern of dlaň)
Declension[edit]
Declension of pec
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “pec”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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