# bec
## Translingual
### Symbol

bec
* (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Iceve-Maci.

### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Iceve-Maci terms

## Albanian
### Alternative forms

* beç

### Etymology

Onomatopoeic. From the bleating sound, with -c/ç suffix.

### Noun

bec m (plural beca, definite beci, definite plural becat)
* lamb

#### Related terms

* rrunjë

### References

* ↑ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 94

## Catalan
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin beccus (“beak”), from Gaulish *beccos, from Proto-Celtic *bekkos.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbek]
* Rhymes: -ek

#### Noun

bec m (plural becs)
* beak, bill

##### Derived terms

* bec d'esclop
* becaina
* becample
* beccurt
* becfí
* becgroc
* becllarg
* becplaner
* bectort
* becvermell
* escaldabec

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈbɛk]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈbək]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈbek]

#### Verb

bec
* first-person singular present indicative of beure

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French bec, from Latin beccus (“beak”), from Gaulish *beccos, from Proto-Celtic *bekkos.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɛk/
** Audio:(file)
* IPA: /bɛ/, /be/ (obsolete, but retained in béjaune and bédane)

### Noun

bec m (plural becs)
* (anatomy) beak, bill (of a bird)
* (colloquial, North of France, Belgium, North America, Switzerland) kiss
    Synonyms: bécot, bise, bisou
    Elle m’a fait un bec en partant.She gave me a kiss in parting.
* (slang) mouth
    Certains l’imaginent avec une pépée, un cigare au coin du bec, quelque part sous les cocotiers.Some imagined him with a pipe, a cigar in the corner of his mouth, somewhere under the coconut trees.

#### Derived terms

* à bec
* baleine à bec
* bec Bunsen
* bec et ongles
* bec sucré
* bec verseur
* bec-de-cane
* bec-de-canon
* bec-de-cigogne
* bec-de-cire
* bec-de-corbeau
* bec-de-corbin
* bec-de-crosse
* bec-de-cygne
* bec-de-faucon
* bec-de-grue
* bec-de-hache
* bec-de-héron
* bec-de-jar
* bec-de-lézard
* bec-de-lièvre
* bec-de-mortagnais
* bec-de-perroquet
* bec-de-pigeon
* bec-de-vautour
* bec-dur
* bec-d’âne
* bec-d’argent
* bec-d’oie
* becter
* béquille
* clouer le bec
* flûte à bec
* nez en bec d’aigle
* puer du bec

#### Descendants

* → Portuguese: beque

### Further reading

* “bec”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* BCE

## Friulian
### Etymology

From Latin beccus (“beak”), from Gaulish *beccos.

### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Noun

bec m (plural becs)
* beak, bill (of a bird)

## Norman
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse bekkr (“brook, creek, stream”).

### Noun

bec
* river (cf. English: beck, a stream or small river)

## Old English
### Alternative forms

* bœ̄ċ

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /beːt͡ʃ/

### Noun

bēċ
* inflection of bōc:
** genitive/dative singular
** nominative/accusative plural

## Old French
### Pronunciation

From Latin beccus.

### Noun

bec oblique singular, m (oblique plural bes, nominative singular bes, nominative plural bec)
* beak, bill (of a bird)

#### Descendants

* French: bec

## Old Irish
### Alternative forms

* becc

### Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *biggos (“small”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbʲeɡ/

### Adjective

bec (comparative lugu)
* small

#### Inflection

o/ā-stem :
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | bec | bec | bec |
| Vocative | bic* bec** | bec | bec |
| Accusative | bec | bic | bec |
| Genitive | bic | bice | bic |
| Dative | biuc | bic | biuc |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | Feminine/neuter |
| Nominative | bic | beca | beca |
| Vocative | bicu beca† | beca | beca |
| Accusative | bicu beca† | beca | beca |
| Genitive | bec | bec | bec |
| Dative | becaib | becaib | becaib |
| Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized |

#### Derived terms

* Beccán

#### Descendants

* Irish: beag
* Manx: beg
* Scottish Gaelic: beag

### Adverb

bec
* almost (followed by the negative particle nach)
** c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 90$^c$17
    .i. bec nacham·ralae i nderchoíniud óni.e. that is, it has almost cast me into despair.

#### Descendants

* Irish: beagnach

### References

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bec”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French bec (de gaz).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

bec n (plural becuri)
* lightbulb

#### Descendants

* → Polish: bek