# pic
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɪk/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪk
* Homophone: pick

### Etymology 1

Clipping of picture

#### Noun

pic (plural pics or pix)
* (informal) A picture, especially a photographic image.
* (informal) A movie.
** 1999, The Variety Insider, page 219:Decidedly for adult auds, the pic has definite specialized appeal outside France and should broaden the director's commercial rep and prestige.

##### Derived terms

* dickpic
* print pic
* pump pic
* pics or it didn't happen

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

pic (plural pics)
* A Turkish cloth measure, varying from 18 to 28 inches.

### Anagrams

* CIP, CPI, ICP, IPC, P.C.I., PCI, cpi

## Albanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pizzo.

### Noun

pic m (plural pica, definite pici, definite plural picat)
* (nonstandard) tip, top, end

#### Derived terms

* picak
* picarak
* picas
* picë
* picël
* picërr
* picigonë
* picigjatë
* picimajë
* picinakë
* picingul
* picir
* picorr

### References

* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “picërr”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 325

## Catalan
### Etymology

Deverbal of picar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpik]
* Rhymes: -ik

### Noun

pic m (plural pics)
* pickaxe
* peak (of a mountain)
* peak (moment of maximum intensity)
* knock, strike, blow
* prick, sting
* (typography) dot, bullet
* (Mallorca) time (occasion)

#### Synonyms

* (peak): cim, pica
* (strike): cop
* (occasion): vegada
* (dot, prick): punt

### Further reading

* “pic” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pik/
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *piccus, from Latin pīcus.

#### Noun

pic m (plural pics)
* woodpecker
* pick (tool)

##### Derived terms

* pic à glace
* pic tridactyle
* pic vert
* pioche
* pivert

#### See also

* piquer

### Etymology 2

Probably from Spanish pico.

#### Noun

pic m (plural pics)
* peak, summit

##### Derived terms

* à pic
* pic de Casamanya
* pic de Coma Pedrosa
* pic de Teide
* pic du Balaïtous
* pic du Montcalm
* pic du Serrère
* pic d’Orizaba
* pic Tupungato
* pics San Francisco

### Further reading

* “pic” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
* “pic” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
* “pic”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Irish
### Etymology

Middle Irish pic, picc, from Latin pix.

### Noun

pic f (genitive singular pice)
* pitch, tar

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
nominative
pic
vocative
a phic
genitive
pice
dative
pic
forms with the definite article
case
singular
nominative
an phic
genitive
na pice
dative
leis an bpic don phic :

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Kashubian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *piti.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpit͡s/
* Rhymes: -it͡s
* Syllabification: pic

### Verb

pic impf
* (transitive) to drink

### Further reading

* Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “pić”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
* “pic”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

## Middle English
### Verb

pic
* Alternative form of piken

## Old English
### Alternative forms

* pic

### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *pik.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pit͡ʃ/, /pik/

### Noun

piċ or pic n
* pitch

#### Declension

Strong a-stem:
Strong a-stem:

#### Derived terms

* piċen
* piċian

#### Descendants

* Middle English: pik, pikk, pike, pikke, pich, piche, picche
** English: pitch
*** → Galician: piche
*** → Portuguese: piche
** Scots: pick
** → Middle Irish: pic, picc
*** Irish: pic

### References

* Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “piċ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* pik

### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *piccus (“sharp point”).

### Noun

pic oblique singular, m (oblique plural pis, nominative singular pis, nominative plural pic)
* a sharp point or spike.

#### Descendants

* Middle French: pic
** French: pic ⇒ pivert

## Polabian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *peťь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *péktis, from Proto-Indo-European *pékʷ-tis, from *pekʷ-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pit͡s/

### Noun

pic f
* furnace, oven

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpit͡s/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -it͡s
* Syllabification: pic

### Etymology 1

Deverbal of picować.

#### Noun

pic m inan
* (colloquial) fib, hoax, lie
    Synonyms: blaga, oszustwo

##### Derived terms

* dla picu
* picownik
* picować

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

pic f
* genitive plural of pica

### Further reading

* pic in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* pic in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Uncertain, maybe from the root *peh₂w- (“few, small”).
Most likely from Vulgar Latin picca, from earlier *piccus, borrowed from Proto-Celtic *bikkos (“small, little”). Eventually influenced by dissimilation by paucus (“few, little”). Compare Albanian pikë (“a drop; a bit”), Sicilian picca (“a bit, a little”), Italian piccolo (“small”), Spanish pequeño (“small”). Compare also French petit (“small”), English pinch.

### Noun

pic n (plural picuri)
* a drop (of water)

#### Derived terms

* pica
* picur
* picura
* picătură

### Adverb

pic
* little (not much)
    Eu știu spaniolă doar un pic.I know Spanish just a little.

#### Usage notes

* When used as an adverb (in the sense of "little, small amount"), pic is always preceded by un, similar to Italian and Spanish un poco or French un peu.

#### Synonyms

* oleacă (colloquial)
* nițel (colloquial)
* țâră (colloquial)

#### See also

* puțin

## Scottish Gaelic
### Alternative forms

* pìc

### Etymology

Borrowed from English pike.

### Noun

pic f (plural picean)
* pike, spear
* pickaxe

#### Derived terms

* pic-catha

### Further reading

* MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “pic”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN, page pic

## Slovene
### Noun

píc
* genitive plural of pica

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

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### Etymology 1

Deverbal of picio (“to cast”).

#### Noun

pic f (plural picau or pics, diminutive picen)
* griddlecake
* Welsh cake

##### Usage notes

There are many terms for Welsh cake in Welsh and the particular word an individual uses will vary from area to area.

##### Derived terms

* pic ar y maen (“Welsh cake”)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pick.

#### Noun

pic m (plural piciau or picys)
* pick, pickaxe

##### Synonyms

* picas

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “pic”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh-English Dictionary, Gwerin
* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pic”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies