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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Clipping of picture
Noun
pic (plural pics or pix)
- (informal) A picture, especially a photographic image.
- (informal) A movie.
1999, The Variety Insider, page 219:Decidedly for adult auds, the pic has definite specialized appeal outside France and should broaden the director's commercial rep and prestige.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
pic (plural pics)
- A Turkish cloth measure, varying from 18 to 28 inches.
Anagrams
Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian pizzo.[1]
Noun
pic m (plural pica, definite pici, definite plural picat)
- (nonstandard) tip, top, end
Derived terms
References
Catalan
Etymology
Deverbal from picar.
Pronunciation
Noun
pic m (plural pics)
- pickaxe
- peak (of a mountain)
- peak (moment of maximum intensity)
- knock, strike, blow
- prick, sting
- (typography) dot, bullet
- (Mallorca) time (occasion)
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Further reading
French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *piccus, from Latin pīcus.
Noun
pic m (plural pics)
- woodpecker
- pick (tool)
Derived terms
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Etymology 2
Probably from Spanish pico.
Noun
pic m (plural pics)
- peak, summit
Derived terms
Further reading
Irish
Etymology
Middle Irish pic, picc, from Latin pix.
Noun
pic f (genitive singular pice)
- pitch, tar
Declension
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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pic
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
Kashubian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *piti.
Pronunciation
Verb
pic impf
- (transitive) to drink
Further reading
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “pić”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
- “pic”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
Middle English
Verb
pic
- Alternative form of piken
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *pik.
Noun
piċ n
- pitch
Declension
Declension of piċ (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
Old French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *piccus (“sharp point”).
Noun
pic oblique singular, m (oblique plural pis, nominative singular pis, nominative plural pic)
- a sharp point or spike.
Descendants
Polabian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *peťь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *péktis, from Proto-Indo-European *pékʷ-tis, from *pekʷ-.
Pronunciation
Noun
pic f
- furnace, oven
Polish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Deverbal from picować.
Noun
pic m inan
- (colloquial) fib, hoax, lie
- Synonyms: blaga, oszustwo
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
pic f
- genitive plural of pica
Further reading
- pic in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- pic in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Uncertain, maybe from the root *peh₂w- (“few, small”).
Most likely from Vulgar Latin picca, from earlier *piccus, borrowed from Proto-Celtic *bikkos (“small, little”).
Eventually influenced by dissimilation by paucus (“few, little”). Compare Albanian pikë (“a drop; a bit”), Sicilian picca (“a bit, a little”), Italian piccolo (“small”), Spanish pequeño (“small”). Compare also French petit (“small”), English pinch.
Noun
pic n (plural picuri)
- a drop (of water)
Declension
Derived terms
Adverb
pic
- little (not much)
Eu știu spaniolă doar un pic.- I know Spanish just a little.
Usage notes
Synonyms
See also
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
Borrowed from English pike.
Noun
pic f (plural picean)
- pike, spear
- pickaxe
Derived terms
Further reading
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “pic”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page pic
Slovene
Noun
píc
- genitive plural of pica