peça

See also: peca, PECA, pecá, pèca, pecà, and pecã

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin pettia, from Gaulish *pettyā, from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis. Compare French pièce, Italian pezza, Spanish pieza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpe.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈpe.sa]

Noun

peça f (plural peces)

1. piece (a part of something)
2. room (division of a building)
3. garment, article of clothing
4. (heraldry) ordinary

Further reading

• “peça” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “peça”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “peça” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “peça” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Verb

peça

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of pedir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Late Latin pettia, from Gaulish *pettyā, from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis. Compare French pièce, Italian pezza, Spanish pieza, Old Irish cuit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.sɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɛsɐ
• Hyphenation: pe‧ça

Noun

peça f (plural peças)

1. piece (a part of something)
2. (theater) play
3. (slang, Brazil) gun

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.sɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɛsɐ
• Hyphenation: pe‧ça

Verb

peça

1. inflection of pedir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “peça” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “peça” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “peça” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “peça” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “peça” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “peça” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.