English

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Noun

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mec (uncountable)

  1. (medicine, colloquial) Clipping of meconium.
    mec liquor

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Anagrams

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Aromanian

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Etymology

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Probably from Latin mandūcō.

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Verb

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mec first-singular present indicative (third-person singular present indicative meche, past participle mãcate)

  1. Alternative form of mãc
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Catalan

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Etymology

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Unknown. First attested in the 14th century.

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Adjective

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mec (feminine meca, masculine plural mecs, feminine plural meques)

  1. hairless (of one's face); beardless
    Synonym: barbamec
  2. (regional, derogatory) foolish

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Noun

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mec m (plural mecs, feminine meca)

  1. beardless man
  2. (regional, derogatory) fool, simpleton
  3. calf (young male cow)

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French

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Etymology

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From mac, a shortening of maquereau (pimp), from Dutch makelaar (broker).

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Noun

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mec m (plural mecs)

  1. (slang) guy, fellow, bloke, chap, dude, boyfriend [from 20th c.]
    Synonyms: bougre, gars, pelo, type
    Quel mec a volé mon pantalon?
    Which guy stole my pants?
    • 1984, “Paris”, performed by Taxi Girl (sung by Daniel Darc):
      mec ! Mec, comment t’épelles Paris ?
      Hey dude! Dude, how do ya spell Paris?
  2. (obsolete, slang) pimp

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Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *mek (me), from Proto-Indo-European *me-ge (me). Akin to Old High German mih (me).

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Pronoun

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mec

  1. accusative of : me

Usage notes

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  • Like its counterpart þec, this word was common in the Anglian dialects, but used only occasionally in the West Saxon dialect. The normal accusative form of in the West Saxon dialect was : Hē lufaþ ("He loves me"), Iċ lufiġe ("I love myself").

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *meccä.

Noun

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mec

  1. forest

Inflection

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Inflection of mec (inflection type 5/sana)
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

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References

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  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “лес”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika