pec

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛk

Etymology 1

Noun

pec (plural pecs)

1. (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, →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

• pec bounce
• pec deck
• pec pop

Translations

Etymology 2

Latin pecūnia (“money”)

Noun

pec (uncountable)

1. (UK, slang, obsolete, Eton College) Money.

References

• John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams

• CEP, CPE, ECP, EPC, PCE, cep, pce

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *paitsa, from Proto-Indo-European *peiḱ. Related to Old Norse feigr (“close to death”), Lithuanian paĩkas (“stupid”).

Adjective

pec (feminine pece)

1. shortsighted, blind

References

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian)

Adjective

pec (feminine pega, masculine plural pecs, feminine plural pegues)

1. (archaic or regional) stupid

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

pec

Wikipedia ^cs

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

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• Rhymes: -ɛts

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Czech pec, from Proto-Slavic *peťь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *péktis, from Proto-Indo-European *pékʷtis, from *pekʷ-.

Noun

pec f

1. oven, furnace
2. furnace (device that heats materials being processed in a factory)

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pec

1. (archaic) second-person singular imperative of péct

   Synonym: peč

Further reading

• pec in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• pec in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• pec in Internetová jazyková příručka

French

Etymology

Clipping of pectoral.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛk/

Noun

pec m (plural pecs)

1. (informal, usually in the plural) pec (pectoralis major muscle)

   Synonym: pecto

See also

• abdo

Further reading

• “pec”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *peťь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈpɛt͡s/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈpɛt͡s/

Noun

pec f

1. oven, furnace

   ohnivá pec ― hell

2. (biblical) pile of hay (in the shape of a furnace)

Declension

Related terms

Descendants

• Czech: pec

Verb

pec

1. supine of péci

Further reading

• 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

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:

pec

Wikipedia ^sk

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *peťь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *péktis, from Proto-Indo-European *pékʷtis, from *pekʷ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

pec f (genitive singular pece, nominative plural pece, genitive plural pecí, declension pattern of dlaň)

1. oven

Declension

Derived terms

• pecný
• pecový
• piecka

Further reading

• “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