pec

See also: PEC, peć, pēc, peč, peč̣, peç, печ, and печь

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛk

Etymology 1

Noun

pec (plural pecs)

1. (colloquial, usually in the plural) The pectoralis major muscle.

   He's flexing his pecs at anyone who'll look.

   • 2022 March 5, Alex Hawgood, “What Is ‘Bigorexia’?”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     The quest for perfect pecs is so strong that psychiatrists now sometimes refer to it as “bigorexia,” a form of muscle dysmorphia exhibited mostly by men and characterized by excessive weight lifting, a preoccupation with not feeling muscular enough and a strict adherence to eating foods that lower weight and build muscle.

Derived terms

• pec bounce
• pec deck
• pec pop

Translations

a pectoral muscle

• Finnish: rintalihas (fi)

Etymology 2

From Latin pecūnia (“money”).

Noun

pec (uncountable)

1. (UK, slang, obsolete, Eton College) Money.

References

• John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams

• CEP, CPE, ECP, EPC, PCE, cep, pce

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *paitsa, from Proto-Indo-European *peiḱ. Related to Old Norse feigr (“close to death”), Lithuanian paĩkas (“stupid”).

Adjective

pec (feminine pece)

1. shortsighted, blind

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpek]

Adjective

pec (feminine pega, masculine plural pecs, feminine plural pegues)

1. (archaic or regional) stupid

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛt͡s]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛts

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Czech pec, from Proto-Slavic *peťь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *péktis, from Proto-Indo-European *pékʷtis, from *pekʷ-.

Noun

pec f

1. oven, furnace
2. furnace (device that heats materials being processed in a factory)

Declension

Declension of pec (soft zero-ending feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	pec	pece
genitive	pece	pecí
dative	peci	pecím
accusative	pec	pece
vocative	peci	pece
locative	peci	pecích
instrumental	pecí	pecemi

Derived terms

• pecivál
• pecní

 

Related terms

• pekař
• péct

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pec

1. (archaic) second-person singular imperative of péct

   Synonym: peč

Further reading

• “pec”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
• “pec”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “pec”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

French

Etymology

Clipping of pectoral.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛk/

Noun

pec m (plural pecs)

1. (informal, usually in the plural) pec (pectoralis major muscle)

   Synonym: pecto

See also

• abdo

Further reading

• “pec”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *peťь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈpɛt͡s/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈpɛt͡s/

Noun

pec f

1. oven, furnace

   ohnivá pec ― hell

2. (biblical) pile of hay (in the shape of a furnace)

Declension

Declension of pec (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	pec	peci	peci
genitive	peci	pecú	pecí
dative	peci	pecma	pecem
accusative	pec	peci	peci
vocative	peci	peci	peci
locative	peci	pecú	pecech
instrumental	pecú	pecma	pecmi

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Related terms

• péci

 

Descendants

• Czech: pec

Verb

pec

1. supine of péci

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “pec”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *peťь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *péktis, from Proto-Indo-European *pékʷtis, from *pekʷ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pet͡s]

Noun

pec f

1. oven

Declension

Declension of pec

	singular	plural
nominative	pec	pece
genitive	pece	pecí
dative	peci	peciam
accusative	pec	pece
locative	peci	peciach
instrumental	pecou	pecami

Derived terms

• pecný
• pecový
• piecka

Further reading

• “pec”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024