quec

Catalan

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

quec (feminine queca, masculine plural quecs, feminine plural queques)

1. having a stutter

Noun

quec m (plural quecs, feminine queca)

1. stutterer

Derived terms

• quequejar
• quequesa

Further reading

• “quec” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kwiku, see also Old English cwic, Old Norse kvikr. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”).

Adjective

quec

1. quick

Descendants

• German: keck