# mec
## English
### Noun

mec (uncountable)
* (medicine, colloquial) Clipping of meconium.
    mec liquor

### See also

* Mec Art

### Anagrams

* E=mc², cem, CEM, EMC, MCE, cem., CME, ECM

## Aromanian
### Etymology

Probably from Latin mandūcō.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

mec first-singular present indicative (third-person singular present indicative meche, past participle mãcate)
* Alternative form of mãc

#### Related terms

* mãcari
* mãcat
* nimãcat / nimãcate

## Catalan
### Etymology

Unknown. First attested in the 14th century.

### Pronunciation

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

### Adjective

mec (feminine meca, masculine plural mecs, feminine plural meques)
* hairless (of one's face); beardless
    Synonym: barbamec
* (regional, derogatory) foolish

#### Derived terms

* barbamec

### Noun

mec m (plural mecs, feminine meca)
* beardless man
* (regional, derogatory) fool, simpleton
* calf (young male cow)

### Further reading

* “mec” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “mec”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “mec” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “mec” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## French
### Etymology

From mac, a shortening of maquereau (“pimp”), from Dutch makelaar (“broker”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɛk/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophone: Mecque

### Noun

mec m (plural mecs)
* (slang) guy, fellow, bloke, chap, dude, boyfriend [from 20th c.]
    Synonyms: bougre, gars, pelo, type
    Quel mec a volé mon pantalon?Which guy stole my pants?
** 1984, “Paris”, performed by Taxi Girl (sung by Daniel Darc):Hé mec ! Mec, comment t’épelles Paris ?Hey dude! Dude, how do ya spell Paris?
* (obsolete, slang) pimp

### Further reading

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

## Manx
### Etymology

Unclear but possibly from Old Irish soïd or Old Irish súaithid.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mekʲ/

### Noun

mec m pl
* plural of mac (“son”)

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ Lewin, C. (2020). Aspects of the historical phonology of Manx. The University of Edinburgh. pp. 254-255

## Old English
### Alternative forms

* mē, mic, mehc, mech, meh
* ᛗᛖᚴ (runic)

### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mek (“me”), from Proto-Indo-European *me-ge (“me”). Akin to Old High German mih (“me”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mek/

### Pronoun

mec
* accusative of iċ: me

#### Usage notes

* Like its counterpart þec, this word was common in the Anglian dialects, but used only occasionally in the West Saxon dialect. The normal accusative form of iċ in the West Saxon dialect was mē: Hē lufaþ mē ("He loves me"), Iċ lufiġe mē ("I love myself").

## Veps
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *meccä.

### Noun

mec
* forest

#### Derived terms

* mectuda
* čapandmec
* taigamec
* mecižand
* meckana
* mecsiga
* mecživat
* mecančapai
* mecanholitai
* mecankaičii
* mecankazvatuztedo
* mecanröun
* mecantedo
* mecanvedomašin

### References

* Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “лес”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika