parsec

See also: Parsec and pársec

English

Etymology

Contraction of parallax second.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑɹsɛk/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːsɛk/

Noun

parsec (plural parsecs)

(astronomy, metrology) parallax second

Synonyms

(symbol) pc, ㍶
second of parallax
parallax second

Derived terms

Translations

parallax second

Arabic: فرسخ‎ m (farsakh), فرسخ فلكي‎ m (farsakh falakiyy)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 秒差距 (zh) (miǎochājù)
Czech: parsek m
Dutch: parsec (nl)
Esperanto: parseko
French: parsec (fr) m
Georgian: პარსეკი (ṗarseḳi)
German: Parsec (de) n

Hungarian: parszek (hu)
Italian: parsec (it) m
Japanese: パーセク (ja) (pāseku)
Portuguese: parsec (pt) m
Russian: парсе́к (ru) m (parsék)
Spanish: parsec (es), pársec (es)
Swedish: parsek c
Thai: พาร์เซก

See also

light year

Anagrams

Casper, Pacers, Scaper, capers, crapes, e-scrap, escarp, pacers, recaps, scaper, scrape, secpar, spacer

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English parsec, contraction of parallax second.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɑr.sɛk/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: par‧sec

Noun

parsec m (plural parsecs)

parsec

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English parsec.

Noun

parsec m (invariable)

parsec

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English parsec.

Noun

parsec m (plural parsecs)

(astronomy) parsec (a unit of length, about 3.26 lightyears)

Spanish

Alternative forms

pársec

Etymology

Borrowed from English parsec.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈparseɡ/, [ˈparseɣ]

Noun

parsec m (plural parsecs)

parsec

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