perca

Learned borrowing from Latin perca.

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

perca f (plural perques)

1. perch

• perca americana

• “perca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

perca

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of perder:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

perca

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From Hindustani (Urdu پارچہ (pārca, “scrap, rag, cloth”), Hindi पारचा (pārcā, “scrap, rag, cloth”)), from Persian پارچه (pârče, “piece, cloth”), the diminutive of پاره (pâre).^[1]

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: pêrca

pêrca (plural perca-perca)

1. cloth from remainder fabric

• “perca” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Latin perca, from Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē, “perch”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛr.ka/
• Rhymes: -ɛrka
• Hyphenation: pèr‧ca

perca f (plural perche)

1. (zoology, ichthyology) perch, Perca fluviatilis

• capre, carpe, crepa

From Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē, “perch”), from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“spotted, speckled”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈper.ka/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈper.ka/,

perca f (genitive percae); first declension

1. a perch (fish)
   • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 32.40:

     similiter percae salsae e capite cinis melle addito

     Heads of salted perch, reduced to ashes, and applied with honey, are equally useful for the purpose.

First-declension noun.

• “perca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “perca”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• perca in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• perca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

From Latin perca (“perch”), from Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē, “perch”).

• Hyphenation: per‧ca

perca f (plural percas)

1. perch (fish in the genus Perca)

• perca do Nilo

From inflected form of perder (“to lose”).

• pêrca (obsolete, rare)

• Hyphenation: per‧ca

perca f (plural percas)

1. (proscribed) Synonym of perda

• pêrca (obsolete, rare)

• Hyphenation: per‧ca

perca

1. inflection of perder:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

perca

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Borrowed from Latin perca, from Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē, “perch”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɾka/

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -eɾka
• Syllabification: per‧ca

perca f (plural percas)

1. perch, Perca fluviatilis

   Synonyms: robalo, róbalo, lubina

2. bass

• “perca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10