Pict

English

Etymology

From Latin Pictus, probably rendering a Pictish autonym; see the Latin entry for details. Compare Old English Peohtas, which appears to show the effects of Grimm's law.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɪkt/
• Rhymes: -ɪkt

Noun

Pict (plural Picts)

1. A member of an ancient people of northern and central Scotland.

Derived terms

• Pictish
• Pictland

Translations

member of an ancient people of northern and central Scotland

• Faroese: pikti m
• Finnish: pikti (fi)
• French: Picte (fr)
• German: Pikte (de) m
• Hungarian: pikt
• Irish: Cruithneach m, Cruithean

  Old Irish: Cruithen

• Italian: picto m, pitto (it) m
• Old English: *Piht m
• Polish: Pikt m
• Portuguese: picto m
• Romanian: pict m
• Russian: пикт (ru) (pikt)
• Scots: Pecht
• Scottish Gaelic: Cruithneach
• Spanish: picto m
• Swedish: pikt c
• Turkish: Pikt
• Welsh: Picti

  Middle Welsh: *Brithwr

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