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See also: PIC, pić, píč, piç, and pìc

Translingual

Symbol

pic

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Pinji.

See also

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Clipping of picture

Noun

pic (plural pics or pix)

  1. (informal) A picture, especially a photographic image.
  2. (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)

  1. A Turkish cloth measure, varying from 18 to 28 inches.

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pizzo.

Noun

pic m (plural pica, definite pici, definite plural picat)

  1. (nonstandard) tip, top, end

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “picërr”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 325

Catalan

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Etymology

Deverbal from picar.

Pronunciation

Noun

pic m (plural pics)

  1. pickaxe
  2. peak (of a mountain)
  3. peak (moment of maximum intensity)
  4. knock, strike, blow
  5. prick, sting
  6. (typography) dot, bullet
  7. (Mallorca) time (occasion)

Synonyms

Further reading

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *piccus, from Latin pīcus.

Noun

pic m (plural pics)

  1. woodpecker
  2. pick (tool)
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

Probably from Spanish pico.

Noun

pic m (plural pics)

  1. peak, summit
Derived terms

Further reading

Irish

Etymology

Middle Irish pic, picc, from Latin pix.

Noun

pic f (genitive singular pice)

  1. pitch, tar

Declension

Declension of pic (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative pic
vocative a phic
genitive pice
dative pic
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an phic
genitive na pice
dative leis an bpic
don phic

Mutation

Mutated forms of pic
radical lenition eclipsis
pic phic bpic

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Kashubian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *piti.

Pronunciation

Verb

pic impf

  1. (transitive) to drink

Further reading

  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “pić”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
  • pic”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka , Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Middle English

Verb

pic

  1. alternative form of piken

Old English

Alternative forms

  • pic

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *pik.

Pronunciation

Noun

piċ or pic n

  1. pitch

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative piċ
accusative piċ
genitive piċes
dative piċe

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative pic
accusative pic
genitive pices
dative pice

Derived terms

Descendants

References

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *piccus (sharp point).

Noun

pic oblique singularm (oblique plural pis, nominative singular pis, nominative plural pic)

  1. 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

  1. furnace, oven

Polish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Deverbal from picować.

Noun

pic m inan

  1. (colloquial) fib, hoax, lie
    Synonyms: blaga, oszustwo
Declension
Derived terms
adverb

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

pic f

  1. 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)

  1. a drop (of water)

Declension

Declension of pic
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative pic picul picuri picurile
genitive-dative pic picului picuri picurilor
vocative picule picurilor

Derived terms

Adverb

pic

  1. little (not much)
    Eu știu spaniolă doar un pic.
    I know Spanish just a little.

Usage notes

Synonyms

See also

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English pike.

Noun

pic f (plural picean)

  1. pike, spear
  2. 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

  1. genitive plural of pica

Welsh

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Deverbal from picio (to cast).

Noun

pic f (plural picau or pics, diminutive picen)

  1. griddlecake
  2. Welsh cake
Usage notes

There are many terms for Welsh cake in Welsh and the particular word an individual uses will vary from area to area.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pick.

Noun

pic m (plural piciau or picys)

  1. pick, pickaxe
Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of pic
radical soft nasal aspirate
pic bic mhic phic

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “pic”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pic”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies