spec

See also: SPEC and spec.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɛk/

• Audio (AU)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛk
• Homophone: speck

Noun

spec (plural specs)

1. (colloquial) Clipping of specification.

   job spec

   The specs don't say anything about this behavior.

2. (colloquial) Clipping of speculation.
3. Clipping of specialization.
4. Clipping of specialist.
5. Clipping of special.
6. Clipping of spectrum.
7. (linguistics) Abbreviation of specifier.
8. (linguistics) Clipping of specifier.
9. (Australia, Australian rules football, informal) Clipping of spectacular mark. (a type of catch in Australian rules football).

Derived terms

• a-spec
• high-spec
• mass spec
• mil-spec
• m-spec
• on spec
• spec home
• spec script

 

Translations

short form of specification

• Finnish: speksi (fi)

short form of specialist

• Russian: спец (ru) (spec) (colloquial)

Verb

spec (third-person singular simple present specs, present participle speccing, simple past and past participle specced)

1. (transitive) To specify, especially in a formal specification document.
   • 1999, George Buehler, The Troller Yacht Book:

     I've found some professional yards want everything specced out completely while a home builder will just do things the way he wants.

   • 1995, Fred Moody, I Sing the Body Electronic: A Year with Microsoft on the Multimedia Frontier:

     Could they still include the kinds of playful animations Ballinger had specced now that the scenes were more realistic-looking and less whimsical?

   • 2024 January 24, Pip Dunn, “Adventure on a GA Class 720 Aventra”, in RAIL, number 1001, page 53:

     And if that is my only criticism, then these trains are pretty well 'specced'. These are an out-and-out commuter train - fast, quiet, and well-designed for their role.

Derived terms

• spec up

 

Translations

to specify

• Finnish: speksata
• Swedish: speca

See also

• spec evo

Anagrams

• CEPs, CPEs, CSPE, ECPs, EPCs, PESC, Pécs, ceps, pecs

Albanian

Alternative forms

• speckë — Tosk

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian spezie (“spices”), ultimately from Latin speciēs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spɛt͡s/

Noun

spec m (plural speca, definite speci, definite plural specat)

1. (botany) pepper (Capsicum annuum)
2. paprika
3. (adjective) cranky

Declension

Declension of spec

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	spec	speca	speci	specat
accusative			specin
dative	speci	specave	specit	specavet
ablative		specash

Synonyms

• piperkë
• gogozhare

Chinese

Etymology

From clipping of English specification.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spɛːk̚²/

Noun

spec

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) specification (Classifier: 隻／只 c)

Polish

Etymology

Clipping of specjalista, though perhaps borrowed from Russian спе́ц (spéc), a clipping of специали́ст (specialíst).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spɛt͡s/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛt͡s
• Syllabification: spec

Noun

spec m pers

1. (colloquial) specialist, expert

   Synonyms: specjalista, ekspert, fachowiec

Declension

Declension of spec

	singular	plural
nominative	spec	spece
genitive	speca	speców
dative	specowi	specom
accusative	speca	speców
instrumental	specem	specami
locative	specu	specach
vocative	specu	spece

Further reading

• spec in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• spec in Polish dictionaries at PWN