mec

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "mec"

English

Noun

mec (uncountable)

  1. (medicine, colloquial) Clipping of meconium.
    mec liquor

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Anagrams

Aromanian

Etymology

Probably from Latin mandūcō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

mec first-singular present indicative (third-person singular present indicative meche, past participle mãcate)

  1. Alternative form of mãc

Related terms

Catalan

Etymology

Unknown. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

Adjective

mec (feminine meca, masculine plural mecs, feminine plural meques)

  1. hairless (of one's face); beardless
    Synonym: barbamec
  2. (regional, derogatory) foolish

Derived terms

Noun

mec m (plural mecs, feminine meca)

  1. beardless man
  2. (regional, derogatory) fool, simpleton
  3. calf (young male cow)

Further reading

French

Etymology

From mac, a shortening of maquereau (“pimp”), from Dutch makelaar (“broker”).

Pronunciation

Noun

mec m (plural mecs)

  1. (slang) guy, fellow, bloke, chap, dude, boyfriend
    Synonyms: bougre, gars, type
    Quel mec a volé mon pantalon?
    Which guy stole my pants?
    • 1984, “Paris”, performed by Taxi Girl (sung by Daniel Darc):
      Hé mec ! Mec, comment t’épelles Paris ?
      Hey dude! Dude, how do ya spell Paris?
  2. (obsolete, slang) pimp

Further reading

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mek (“me”), from Proto-Indo-European *me-ge (“me”). Akin to Old High German mih (“me”).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

mec

  1. accusative of iċ: me

Usage notes

  • Like its counterpart þec, this word was common in the Anglian dialects, but used only occasionally in the West Saxon dialect. The normal accusative form of iċ in the West Saxon dialect was mē: Hē lufaþ mē ("He loves me"), Iċ lufiġe mē ("I love myself").

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *meccä.

Noun

mec

  1. forest

Inflection

Inflection of mec (inflection type 5/sana)
nominative sing. mec
genitive sing. mecan
partitive sing. mecad
partitive plur. mecoid
singular plural
nominative mec mecad
accusative mecan mecad
genitive mecan mecoiden
partitive mecad mecoid
essive-instructive mecan mecoin
translative mecaks mecoikš
inessive mecas mecoiš
elative mecaspäi mecoišpäi
illative mecaha
mecha 		mecoihe
adessive mecal mecoil
ablative mecalpäi mecoilpäi
allative mecale mecoile
abessive mecata mecoita
comitative mecanke mecoidenke
prolative mecadme mecoidme
approximative I mecanno mecoidenno
approximative II mecannoks mecoidennoks
egressive mecannopäi mecoidennopäi
terminative I mecahasai
mechasai 		mecoihesai
terminative II mecalesai mecoilesai
terminative III mecassai —
additive I mecahapäi
mechapäi 		mecoihepäi
additive II mecalepäi mecoilepäi

Derived terms

References

  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “лес”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika
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