# pec
## English
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ɛk

### Etymology 1

Clipping of pectoral.

#### Noun

pec (plural pecs)
* (colloquial, usually in the plural) The pectoralis major muscle.
    He's flexing his pecs at anyone who'll look.
** 2022 March 5, Alex Hawgood, “What Is ‘Bigorexia’?”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:The quest for perfect pecs is so strong that psychiatrists now sometimes refer to it as “bigorexia,” a form of muscle dysmorphia exhibited mostly by men and characterized by excessive weight lifting, a preoccupation with not feeling muscular enough and a strict adherence to eating foods that lower weight and build muscle.
* (birdwatching) Clipping of pectoral sandpiper.
** 2016 August 1, Trevor Lee, “Another pec.”, in Lincsbirders‎ (blog), archived from the original on 1 January 2025:Greenshank, dunlins, common sand, snipe and blackwits accompanied the pec.
** 2019 November 21, Stan Jarzynski, “Possible Pectoral Sandpiper”, in canberrabirds mailing list‎:I went back into my photos, and yes, on 13 Nov, I photographed both Sharpie and the Pec.

##### Derived terms

* pec bounce
* pec deck
* pec pop

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

From Latin pecūnia (“money”).

#### Noun

pec (uncountable)
* (UK, slang, obsolete, Eton College) Money.

##### References

* John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

### Anagrams

* CEP, CPE, ECP, EPC, PCE, cep, pce

## Albanian
### Etymology

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

### Adjective

pec (feminine pece)
* shortsighted, blind

### References

* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “pec”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 313

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpek]

### Adjective

pec (feminine pega, masculine plural pecs, feminine plural pegues)
* (archaic or regional) stupid

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpɛt͡s]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛts

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Czech pec, from Proto-Slavic *peťь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *péktis, from Proto-Indo-European *pékʷtis, from *pekʷ-.

#### Noun

pec f
* oven, furnace
* furnace (device that heats materials being processed in a factory)

##### Derived terms

* pecivál
* pecní
* pícka

##### Related terms

* pekař
* péct

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

pec
* (archaic) second-person singular imperative of péct
    Synonym: peč

### Further reading

* “pec”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “pec”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “pec”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## French
### Etymology

Clipping of pectoral.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɛk/

### Noun

pec m (plural pecs)
* (informal, usually in the plural) pec (pectoralis major muscle)
    Synonym: pecto

#### See also

* abdo

### Further reading

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

## Old Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *peťь.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (13th CE) /ˈpɛt͡s/
* IPA: (15th CE) /ˈpɛt͡s/

### Noun

pec f
* oven, furnace
    ohnivá pec ― hell
* (biblical) pile of hay (in the shape of a furnace)

#### Derived terms

* pécka

#### Related terms

* péci

#### Descendants

* Czech: pec

### Verb

pec
* supine of péci
* second/third-person singular imperative of péci

### Further reading

* Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “pec”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

## Slovak
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *peťь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *péktis, from Proto-Indo-European *pékʷtis, from *pekʷ-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [pet͡s]

### Noun

pec f
* oven

#### Derived terms

* pecný
* pecový
* piecka

### Further reading

* “pec”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025