different between pec vs rec

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??k/
• Homophones: recc, reck, wreck

Noun

rec (countable and uncountable, plural recs)

1. (informal) Abbreviation of recreation.

2. (countable, informal) A recreation ground.
3. (countable, informal) A recommendation or suggestion.
   • 2018, Jonathan Evison, Lawn Boy (page 48)

     “Got any recs?”
     “What are you looking for?”
     “Something angry,” I said.

Alternative forms

• (recommendation): recc

Derived terms

• rec room

Verb

rec (third-person singular simple present recs, present participle reccing or recing or rec'ing, simple past and past participle recced or reced or rec'ed or rec'd)

1. (transitive, informal) To recommend.
2. (transitive, informal) To record.

Alternative forms

• (recommend): recc

Adjective

rec (not comparable)

1. (informal) Abbreviation of recreational.

Anagrams

• CER, CRE, ERC, Erc, RCE

Catalan

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *?rik- (“furrow”). Compare Occitan rèc (whence French arrèc) and Basque erreka.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?rek/
• Homophone: reg

Noun

rec m (plural recs)

1. irrigation ditch

Derived terms

• reguer

Old English

Alternative forms

• r?ec

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *rauki, from Proto-Germanic *raukiz, whence also Old Frisian r?k, Old Saxon r?k, Old Dutch rouc, Old High German rouh, Old Norse reykr. Possibly a loan from the Old Norse instead.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re?k/

Noun

r?c m

1. smoke

Descendants

• Middle English: rek
  • English: reek
  • Scots: reek, reik