pic

See also: PIC, pić, and pìc

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɪk

Etymology 1

Clipping of picture

Noun

pic (plural pics or pix)

1. (informal) A picture, especially a photographic image.
2. (informal) A film.

Etymology 2

Noun

pic (plural pics)

1. A Turkish cloth measure, varying from 18 to 28 inches.

Anagrams

• CIP, CPI, ICP, IPC, PCI, cpi

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Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pizzo.

Noun

pic m (plural pica, definite pici, definite plural picat)

1. (nonstandard) tip, top, end

Derived terms

• picak
• picarak
• picas
• picë
• picël
• picërr
• picir
• picorr

 

Compounds

• picigonë
• picigjatë
• picimajë
• picinakë
• picingul

 

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpik]
• Rhymes: -ik

Noun

pic m (plural pics)

1. peak
2. (Mallorca) time (occasion)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pik/

• audio:

  (file)

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *piccus, from Latin pīcus.

Noun

pic m (plural pics)

1. woodpecker
2. pick (tool)

See also

• piquer

Etymology 2

Probably from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish pico.

Noun

pic m (plural pics)

1. peak, summit

Further reading

• “pic”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Middle English

Verb

pic

1. Alternative form of piken

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Old French

Alternative forms

• pik

Noun

pic oblique singular, m (oblique plural pis, nominative singular pis, nominative plural pic)

1. a sharp point or spike.

Descendants

• Middle French: pic
  • French: pic

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Romanian

Etymology

Probably onomatopoetic.

Noun

pic n (plural picuri)

1. a drop (of water)
2. a bit (small amount)

Derived terms

• pica
• picur
• picura
• picătură

See also

• puțin

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• pìc

Noun

pic f (plural picean)

1. pike, spear
2. pickaxe

Derived terms

• pic-catha