pec
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛk
Noun
pec (plural pecs)
- (colloquial, usually in the plural) The pectoralis major muscle.
- He's flexing his pecs at anyone who'll look.
Translations
a pectoral muscle
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Albanian
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Albanian *paitsa, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *peiḱ. Related to Old Norse feigr (“close to death”), Lithuanian paĩkas (“stupid”).[1]
Adjective
pec (feminine pece)
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “pec”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 313
Czech
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *peťь.
Pronunciation
Noun
pec f
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
Verb
- (archaic) second-person singular imperative of péct
- Synonym: peč
Further reading
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
pec m (plural pecs)
- (informal, usually in the plural) pec (pectoralis major muscle)
- Synonym: pecto
See also
Slovak
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *peťь.
Pronunciation
Noun
pec f (genitive singular pece, nominative plural pece, genitive plural pecí, declension pattern of dlaň)
Declension
Declension of pec
Derived terms
Further reading
- “pec”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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