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)

References

http://infcor.adecec.net/

Cypriot Arabic

Root
p-y-c
4 terms

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic بَاعَ (bāʕa)

Arabic بَيْع (bayʕ)

Cypriot Arabic pece

Inherited from Arabic بَيْع (bayʕ).

Noun

pece f

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

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)

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)

piece; morsel; bit

Descendants

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

mud
sludge

References

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