pez

See also: Pez, péz, and pèz

Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *pasu-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *páĉu, from Proto-Indo-European *péḱu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛz/

Noun

pez m

1. sheep

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Old Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpet͡s]

Etymology 1

From Latin picem, accusative of pix.

Noun

pez f (usually uncountable)

1. pitch, tar
   • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, 53r.

     Et a tal uertud que ſi la poné ſobre mill peſos de pez faz los feruir por ſu ṕṕdat bié como si estudieſſen a fuego.

     And its virtue it such that if it is put over a thousand weights of pitch it lights them due to its property, as if they were on fire.

Descendants

• Spanish: pez

Etymology 2

From Latin piscem, accusative of piscis, from Proto-Indo-European *peysḱ-.

Noun

pez m (plural peces)

1. fish
   • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, 56v.

     […] ca alli a una laguna q́ ſe tiene có la. en q́ a unos peces tamannos como un palmo. ¬ no an eſcama níguna.

     […] for in that place there is a pool in which there are large fish, the size of a handspan, and they have no scales whatsoever.

   • Idem, f.92r.

     Et la eſtrella meridional de las dos que ſon en el uientre del pez poſtrimero en la figura de piſces a poder en eſta piedra […]

     And the northern start of the two that are on the belly of the last fish in the figure of Pisces has power over this stone […]

Synonyms

• pescado m

Descendants

• Ladino: pez
• Spanish: pez

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese pez, from Latin pix, picem, from Proto-Indo-European *pik- (“resin”), from *pi- (“sap, juice”).

Noun

pez m (plural pezes)

1. pitch (dark, extremely viscous material made by distilling tar)

Synonyms

• piche

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /ˈpeθ/
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /ˈpes/

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• Homophone: pes (non-Castilian)

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish pez, from Latin pix, picem, from Proto-Indo-European *pik- (“resin”), from *pi- (“sap, juice”).

Noun

pez f (plural peces)

1. pitch, tar

Derived terms

• pez griega

See also

• brea

pez

Etymology 2

From Old Spanish pez, from Latin piscis, piscem (compare peje, Italian pesce, Portuguese peixe, Romanian peşte), from Proto-Indo-European *peysḱ-.

Noun

pez m (plural peces)

1. fish (especially while alive)
2. (informal) idiot, dimwit

Usage notes

• The noun pez is used when referring to live fish, as opposed to pescado, used to refer to a fish once it's been hooked, taken from the water, cooked, served as food, etc.

Derived terms

• pececillo
• pecera
• pez arco iris
• pez ballesta
• pez espada
• pez gato
• pez gordo
• pez luna
• pez payaso
• pez plano
• pez sierra
• pez volador

 

Related terms

• peje
• pescado
• pescar
• piscina

 

Further reading

• “pez” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.