pec

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

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.

Translations

Anagrams

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 (2000) A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, Leiden: Brill, page 313

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *peťь.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pɛts/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛts

Noun

pec f

  1. oven, furnace
  2. furnace (device that heats materials being processed in a factory)

Declension
Declension
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

Further reading
  • pec in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • pec in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *peťь.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛt͡s/

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 korpus.sk
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