pec

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pec"

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Pesisir with c as a placeholder.

Symbol

pec

1. (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 639-3 language code for Southern Pesisir.

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛk

Etymology 1

Clipping of pectoral.

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], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 March 2022:

     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.

2. (birdwatching) Clipping of pectoral sandpiper.
   • 2016 August 1, Trevor Lee, “Another pec.”, in Lincsbirders‎^[2] (blog), archived from the original on 1 January 2025:

     Greenshank, dunlins, common sand, snipe and blackwits accompanied the pec.

   • 2019 November 21, Stan Jarzynski, “Possible Pectoral Sandpiper”, in canberrabirds mailing list‎^[3], archived from the original on 24 January 2025:

     I went back into my photos, and yes, on 13 Nov, I photographed both Sharpie and the Pec.

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 pai̇̃kas (“stupid”).

Adjective

pec (feminine pece)

1. shortsighted, blind

Catalan

Alternative forms

• pech (archaic)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pecus (“cattle”).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

1. (archaic or regional) stupid

Further reading

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “pec”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

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 *pektís, from Proto-Indo-European *pékʷtis, from *pekʷ-.

Noun

pec f (diminutive pecička or pícka)

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

• pecička
• pecivál
• pecní
• pícka

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), 2008–2026
• “pec”, in Český jazykový atlas [Czech Linguistic Atlas] (in Czech), volume 1, number 173, 2012–2014

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ-der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *pektí

Proto-Slavic *pȅťь

Old Czech pec

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pȅťь..

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.

Derived terms

• pécka

Related terms

• péci

Descendants

• Czech: pec

Verb

pec

1. supine of péci
2. second/third-person singular imperative 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 *pektís, from Proto-Indo-European *pékʷtis, from *pekʷ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pet͡s/, [ˈpet͡s]
• Rhymes: -et͡s

Noun

pec f (diminutive piecka)

1. oven

Declension

Declension of pec
(pattern dlaň)

	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, 2003–2026