different between pec vs pel

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?k

Etymology 1

Noun

pec (plural pecs)

1. (colloquial, usually in the plural) The pectoralis major muscle.

   He's flexing his pecs at anyone who'll look.

Translations

Etymology 2

Latin pec?nia (“money”)

Noun

pec (uncountable)

1. (Britain, slang, obsolete, Eton College) Money.

References

• 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams

• CEP, CPE, ECP, EPC, PCE, cep, pce

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *paitsa, from Proto-Indo-European *pei?. Related to Old Norse feigr (“close to death”), Lithuanian pa?kas (“stupid”).

Adjective

pec m (feminine pece)

1. shortsighted, blind

References

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pe??.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?ts/
• Rhymes: -?ts

Noun

pec f

1. oven, furnace
2. furnace (device that heats materials being processed in a factory)

Declension

Derived terms

• pecivál
• pecní

Related terms

• péct
• peka?

Verb

pec

1. (archaic) second-person singular imperative of péct

   Synonym: pe?

Further reading

• pec in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• pec in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

French

Etymology

Clipping of pectoral.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?k/

Noun

pec m (plural pecs)

1. (informal, usually in the plural) pec (pectoralis major muscle)

   Synonym: pecto

See also

• abdo

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pe??.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?t?s/

Noun

pec f (genitive singular pece, nominative plural pece, genitive plural pecí, declension pattern of dla?)

1. oven

Declension

Derived terms

• pecný
• pecový
• piecka

Further reading

• pec in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

English

Noun

pel (plural pels)

1. (dated) pixel

Derived terms

• megapel

Anagrams

• 'elp, -ple, EPL, LEP, LPE, lep

Afrikaans

Noun

pel (plural pels, diminutive pellie)

1. Alternative spelling of pêl

Asturian

Etymology

From a contraction of the preposition per (“by means of, by way of”) + masculine singular article el (“the”).

Contraction

pel m (feminine pela, neuter pelo, masculine plural pelos, feminine plural peles)

1. by means of the

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /p?l/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /pel/

Preposition

pel m sg (masculine plural pels)

1. Contraction of per el.

Further reading

• “pel” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “pel” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “pel” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pel” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?l/
• Rhymes: -?l

Verb

pel

1. first-person singular present indicative of pellen
2. imperative of pellen

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch vel, from Middle Dutch vel, from Old Dutch *fel, from Proto-Germanic *fell?, from Proto-Indo-European *pello-, *pelno-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?p?l]
• Hyphenation: pèl

Noun

pel (plural pel-pel, first-person possessive pelku, second-person possessive pelmu, third-person possessive pelnya)

1. paper sheet.

   Synonym: kertas

2. rag for mopping.

Further reading

• “pel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pel/

Contraction

pel

1. Contraction of per il.
   • 1893, Annuario Scientifico ed Industriale, Fratelli Treves, page 414:

     Poi nel 1890 i signori Hult e Rossberg intrapresero lavori di triangolazione all’estremità settentrionale della Finlandia, procedendo da Sodonkjla pel Kittenen, affluente del Kemi, e rilevandovi una quantità di laghetti affatto sconosciuti.

   • 1953, Il mare non bagna Napoli, Anna Maria Ortese:

     Eccolo là, a trent'anni, ha bisogno che lo portino pel collo all'ultima messa.

Northern Kurdish

Alternative forms

• p’el, pol

Etymology

Compare Central Kurdish ???? (pol), ?????? (polû, “ember”), Middle Armenian ??? (po?).

Noun

p’el ?

1. firebrand, smouldering piece of wood, charred wood, live coal; ember

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Frisian p?l, from Latin palus

Noun

pel m (definite singular pelen, indefinite plural peler, definite plural pelene)

1. (construction) a pile

Alternative forms

• pæl

References

• “pel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “pel_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Occitan

Contraction

pel

1. Contraction of per lo.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin pellis, pellem.

Noun

pel f (oblique plural peaus or peax or piaus or piax or pels, nominative singular pel, nominative plural peaus or peax or piaus or piax or pels)

1. skin
2. pelisse (garment made from sowing together skins)

Descendants

• ? English: pelt
• Middle French: peau
  • French: peau
• Bourguignon: peâ

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *p?laz, from Latin p?lus (“stake, prop”), from Proto-Italic *p?kslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh??- (“to attach”). Cognates include Old English p?l and Old Dutch p?l. Doublet of p?l.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pe?l/, [?p??l]

Noun

p?l m

1. pole

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, ?ISBN

Romani

Alternative forms

• pijel

Verb

pel

1. to drink

Derived terms

• chuchi pel