different between pec vs spec

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): /?sp?k/
• Homophone: speck

Noun

spec (plural specs)

1. (colloquial) Clipping of specification.

2. (colloquial) Clipping of speculation.
3. Clipping of specialization.
4. Clipping of specialist.
5. Clipping of special.
6. (linguistics) Abbreviation of specifier.
7. (linguistics) Clipping of specifier.
8. (dialect) a special place (for hiding or viewing)
9. (Australia, Australian rules football, informal) A spectacular mark (catch) in Australian rules football.

Derived terms

• on spec

Translations

Verb

spec (third-person singular simple present specs, present participle speccing, simple past and past participle specced)

1. (transitive) To specify, especially in a formal specification document.

Translations

Anagrams

• CEPs, CPEs, CSPE, ECPs, EPCs, PESC, Pécs, ceps, pecs

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian spezie (“spices”), ultimately from Latin speci?s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sp?t?s/

Noun

spec m (indefinite plural speca, definite singular speci, definite plural specat)

1. (botany) pepper (Capsicum annuum)
2. paprika
3. (adjective) cranky

Declension

Synonyms

• piperkë
• gogozhare

References