kece

See also: keçe, kəçə, and kêçə

Albanian

Etymology

From kec +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɛt͡sɛ]

Noun

kece f (plural kece, definite kecja, definite plural kecet)

1. female goat kid

   Synonyms: edh, cjape

Declension

Declension of kece

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kece	kecja	kece	kecet
accusative		kecen
dative	keceje	keces	keceve	keceve
ablative			kecesh

Further reading

• “kece”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɛt͡sɛ]

Noun

kece m inan

1. vocative singular of kec

Indonesian

Etymology

Coined by Indonesian comedian Jaja Mihardja 1980s.

• Possibly from a Malay substrate, compare Sambas Malay kaca' (“handsome”).
• Possibly from English catchy.
• Possibly from a blend of keren + sekali (pronounced and written cutely as ‘cekali’), compare Indonesian murce (“very cheap”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛt͡ʃe/ [ˈkɛ.t͡ʃe]
• Rhymes: -ɛt͡ʃe
• Syllabification: ke‧ce

Adjective

kece (comparative lebih kece, superlative paling kece)

1. (slang) handsome or pretty

   Synonym: cakep

Further reading

• “kece”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016