mec
See also: Appendix:Variations of "mec"
English edit
Noun edit
mec (uncountable)
- (medicine, colloquial) Clipping of meconium.
- mec liquor
See also edit
Anagrams edit
Aromanian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio: (file)
Verb edit
mec first-singular present indicative (third-person singular present indicative meche, past participle mãcate)
- Alternative form of mãc
Related terms edit
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”).
Pronunciation edit
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”).
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
mec
- accusative of iċ: me
Usage notes edit
Veps edit
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
References edit
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