parsec

See also: Parsec and pársec

English

Etymology

Contraction of parallax second.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑɹsɛk/
• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːsɛk/

Noun

parsec (plural parsecs)

1. (astronomy, metrology) parallax second

Synonyms

• (symbol) pc, ㍶
• second of parallax
• parallax second

Derived terms

• kiloparsec
• megaparsec
• microparsec
• gigaparsec

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
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English parsec, contraction of parallax second.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑr.sɛk/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: par‧sec

Noun

parsec m (plural parsecs)

1. parsec

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English parsec.

Noun

parsec m (uncountable)

1. parsec

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English parsec.

Noun

parsec m (plural s)

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

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• pársec

Etymology

Borrowed from English parsec.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾsek/ [ˈpaɾ.sek]

Noun

parsec m (plural parsecs)

1. parsec