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English

Etymology

From Portuguese pacu, from Old Tupi paku.

Noun

pacu (plural pacus)

1. Any of several South American freshwater fishes related to the piranha.

Derived terms

• black pacu (Colossoma macropomum, Myleus schomburgkii, or Piaractus brachypomus)
• red-bellied pacu (Piaractus brachypomus or Colossoma macropomum)

Translations

Anagrams

• A cup, A-cup, Cupa, Puac, caup

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.t??u/
• Rhymes: -acu, -cu, -u

Verb

pacu (Jawi spelling ?????)

1. to drive
2. to spur
3. to urge

Derived terms

Descendants

• Indonesian: pacu

References

• "pacu" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, ?ISBN, 2005.
• “pacu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

pacu

1. third-person plural imperfect active of pacati (“to cook”)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pa.t?su/

Noun

pacu m

1. locative/vocative singular of pac

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• pacú (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi paku.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.?ku/

Noun

pacu m (plural pacus)

1. pacu (any of several species of South American fishes)

Derived terms

• pacuzinho (diminutive)
• pacuzão (augmentative)

English

Etymology

From Middle French pacte, from Old French, from Latin pactum (“something agreed upon”), from paciscere (“to agree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pækt/
• Rhymes: -ækt
• Homophone: packed

Noun

pact (plural pacts)

1. An agreement; a compact; a covenant.
2. (international law) An agreement between two or more nations

Derived terms

• pactless
• sex pact
• suicide pact

Translations

Verb

pact (third-person singular simple present pacts, present participle pacting, simple past and past participle pacted)

1. (intransitive) To form a pact; to agree formally.
   • 1992, John Higley, Richard Gunther, Elites and Democratic Consolidation in Latin America and Southern Europe (page 129)

     When national elites pacted in Mexico, they pacted to the advantage of the elites as against the masses and also to the advantage of the center as against the provinces.

Further reading

• pact in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• pact in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• pact at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Capt, Capt., P.C.A.T., PCAT, PTCA, TCAP, capt

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

pact n (plural pacten, diminutive pactje n)

1. pact

Derived terms

• Warschaupact

Romanian

Etymology

From French pacte, from Latin pactum.

Noun

pact n (plural pacte)

1. pact

Declension