pec

pec

See also: PEC, peć, pēc, peč, peč̣, peç, печ, and печь

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛk

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 0362-4331:

     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.

Translations

a pectoral muscle

Finnish: rintalihas (fi)

Etymology 2

Latin pecūnia (“money”)

Noun

pec (uncountable)

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

References

• 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams

• CEP, CPE, ECP, EPC, PCE, cep, pce

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Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *paitsa, from Proto-Indo-European *peiḱ. Related to Old Norse feigr (“close to death”), Lithuanian paĩkas (“stupid”).[1]

Adjective

pec m (feminine pece)

1. shortsighted, blind

References

1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “pec”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 313

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛt͡s]

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• Rhymes: -ɛts

Etymology 1

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

Declension of pec

	singular	plural
nominative	pec	pece
genitive	pece	pecí
dative	peci	pecím
accusative	pec	pece
vocative	peci	pece
locative	peci	pecích
instrumental	pecí	pecemi

Derived terms

• pecivál
• pecní

Related terms

• péct
• pekař

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

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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 [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Slovak

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pet͡s]

Noun

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

1. oven

Declension

Declension of pec

	singular	plural
nominative	pec	pece
genitive	pece	pecí
dative	peci	peciam
accusative	pec	pece
locative	peci	peciach
instrumental	pecou	pecami

Derived terms

• pecný
• pecový
• piecka

Further reading

• pec in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk