mec
See also: Appendix:Variations of "mec"
English edit
Noun edit
mec (uncountable)
- (medicine, colloquial) Clipping of meconium.
- mec liquor
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Aromanian edit
Etymology edit
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Verb edit
mec first-singular present indicative (third-person singular present indicative meche, past participle mãcate)
- Alternative form of mãc
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Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Unknown. First attested in the 14th century.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
mec (feminine meca, masculine plural mecs, feminine plural meques)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
mec m (plural mecs, feminine meca)
Further reading edit
- “mec” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “mec”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “mec” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “mec” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French edit
Etymology edit
From mac, a shortening of maquereau (“pimp”), from Dutch makelaar (“broker”).
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Noun edit
mec m (plural mecs)
- (slang) guy, fellow, bloke, chap, dude, boyfriend [from 20th c.]
- 1984, “Paris”, performed by Taxi Girl (sung by Daniel Darc):
- Hé mec ! Mec, comment t’épelles Paris ?
- Hey dude! Dude, how do ya spell Paris?
- (obsolete, slang) pimp
Further reading edit
- “mec”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *mek (“me”), from Proto-Indo-European *me-ge (“me”). Akin to Old High German mih (“me”).
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Pronoun edit
mec
- accusative of iċ: me
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Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *meccä.
Noun edit
mec
Inflection edit
Inflection of mec (inflection type 5/sana) | |||
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nominative sing. | mec | ||
genitive sing. | mecan | ||
partitive sing. | mecad | ||
partitive plur. | mecoid | ||
singular | plural | ||
nominative | mec | mecad | |
accusative | mecan | mecad | |
genitive | mecan | mecoiden | |
partitive | mecad | mecoid | |
essive-instructive | mecan | mecoin | |
translative | mecaks | mecoikš | |
inessive | mecas | mecoiš | |
elative | mecaspäi | mecoišpäi | |
illative | mecaha mecha |
mecoihe | |
adessive | mecal | mecoil | |
ablative | mecalpäi | mecoilpäi | |
allative | mecale | mecoile | |
abessive | mecata | mecoita | |
comitative | mecanke | mecoidenke | |
prolative | mecadme | mecoidme | |
approximative I | mecanno | mecoidenno | |
approximative II | mecannoks | mecoidennoks | |
egressive | mecannopäi | mecoidennopäi | |
terminative I | mecahasai mechasai |
mecoihesai | |
terminative II | mecalesai | mecoilesai | |
terminative III | mecassai | — | |
additive I | mecahapäi mechapäi |
mecoihepäi | |
additive II | mecalepäi | mecoilepäi |
Derived terms edit
- mectuda
- čapandmec
- taigamec
- mecižand
- meckana
- mecsiga
- mecživat
- mecančapai
- mecanholitai
- mecankaičii
- mecankazvatuztedo
- mecanröun
- mecantedo
- mecanvedomašin