pece

See also: pecë, peče, péče, pèce, and пече

Corsican

Alternative forms

• pecce

Etymology

From Latin pix, picem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pī́ts (“pitch; resin”). Cognates include Italian pece and English pitch.

Noun

pece f (plural picia)

1. pitch, resin
2. tar
3. earwax

References

• http://infcor.adecec.net/

Cypriot Arabic

Root
p-y-c
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بَيْع (bayʕ).

Noun

pece f

1. verbal noun of paca: sale

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 172

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛt͡sɛ]

Noun

pece

1. inflection of pec:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural
   2. genitive singular

Italian

Etymology

From Latin picem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pī́ts (“pitch; resin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.t͡ʃe/
• Rhymes: -etʃe
• Hyphenation: pé‧ce

Noun

pece f (plural peci)

1. pitch (resinous material)

   Synonym: pegola

Middle English

Alternative forms

• pese, pesse, peace, pease, peise, pice, pise, piece, piese, pecche

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French piece, from Late Latin pettia, from Gaulish *pettyā, from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis (“piece, portion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛːs(ə)/

Noun

pece (plural peces)

1. piece; morsel; bit

Descendants

• English: piece, peece (obsolete)
  • Belizean Creole: pees
  • Sranan Tongo: pisi
  • → Finnish: biisi
  • → Japanese: ピース (pīsu)
• Yola: peece
• → Middle Irish: pissa
  • Irish: píosa
• → Scottish Gaelic: pìos

References

• “pēce, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

North Moluccan Malay

Etymology

Compare Ternate bece (“dust”), Indonesian becek (“mud”), and West Makian beti (“mud, swamp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.t͡ʃe/

Noun

pece

1. mud
2. sludge

References

• Betty Litamahuputty (2012) Ternate Malay: Grammar and Texts