pic
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
- (informal) A picture, especially a photographic image.
- (informal) A movie.
- 1999, The Variety Insider, page 219:
- Decidedly for adult auds, the pic has definite specialized appeal outside France and should broaden the director's commercial rep and prestige.
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
pic (plural pics)
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Albanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian pizzo.[1]
Noun edit
pic m (plural pica, definite pici, definite plural picat)
- (nonstandard) tip, top, end
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “picërr”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 325
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
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Noun edit
pic m (plural pics)
- pickaxe
- peak (of a mountain)
- peak (moment of maximum intensity)
- knock, strike, blow
- prick, sting
- (typography) dot, bullet
- (Mallorca) time (occasion)
Synonyms edit
Further reading edit
- “pic” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *piccus, from Latin pīcus.
Noun edit
pic m (plural pics)
- woodpecker
- pick (tool)
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Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
pic m (plural pics)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “pic” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
- “pic” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
- “pic”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Irish edit
Etymology edit
Middle Irish pic, picc, from Latin pix.
Noun edit
pic f (genitive singular pice)
Declension edit
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
pic | phic | bpic |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Kashubian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *piti.
Verb edit
pic ?
- to drink
Further reading edit
Middle English edit
Verb edit
pic
- Alternative form of piken
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *pik.
Noun edit
piċ n
Declension edit
Alternative forms edit
- pic
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Descendants edit
References edit
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “piċ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *piccus (“sharp point”).
Noun edit
pic oblique singular, m (oblique plural pis, nominative singular pis, nominative plural pic)
Descendants edit
Polabian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *peťь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *péktis, from Proto-Indo-European *pékʷ-tis, from *pekʷ-.
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pic f
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
pic m inan
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Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
pic f
Further reading edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain, maybe from the root *peh₂w- (“few, small”).
Most likely from Vulgar Latin picca, from earlier *piccus, borrowed from Proto-Celtic *bikkos (“small, little”). Eventually influenced by dissimilation by paucus (“few, little”). Compare Albanian pikë (“a drop; a bit”), Sicilian picca (“a bit, a little”), Italian piccolo (“small”), Spanish pequeño (“small”). Compare also French petit (“small”), English pinch.
Noun edit
pic n (plural picuri)
- a drop (of water)
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Adverb edit
pic
- little (not much)
- Eu știu spaniolă doar un pic.
- I know Spanish just a little.
Usage notes edit
- When used as an adverb (in the sense of "little, small amount"), pic is always preceded by un, similar to Italian and Spanish un poco or French un peu.
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Scottish Gaelic edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
pic f (plural picean)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “pic”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[3], Stirling, →ISBN, page pic
Slovene edit
Noun edit
píc