pez

See also: Pez, péz, pèz, and pęz

Basque

Noun

pez

1. instrumental indefinite of pe

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pez (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin pix, picem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpeθ], (western) [ˈpes]

Noun

pez m or f (plural peces)

1. pitch, tar

   Synonym: piche

2. pitch, resin

   Synonyms: recina, resina

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pez”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pez”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pez”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pez”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pez”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *pácu, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *páću, from Proto-Indo-European *péḱu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛz/

Noun

pez m

1. sheep

Old Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈped͡z/

Etymology 1

From Latin picem, accusative of pix.

Noun

pez f (usually uncountable)

1. pitch, tar
   • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, 53r.

     Et a tal uertud que ſi la ponẽ ſobre mill peſos de pez faz los feruir por ſu p̃p̃dat biẽ como si estudieſſen a fuego.

     And its virtue is such that if it is put over a thousand weights of pitch, it lights them due to its property, as if they were on fire.

Descendants

• Spanish: pez

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin piscem, from Proto-Indo-European *peysḱ-.

Noun

pez m (plural peces)

1. fish
   • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, 56v.

     […] ca alli a una laguna q̃ ſe tiene cõ la. en q̃ a unos peces tamannos como un palmo. ¬ no an eſcama nĩguna.

     […] for in that place there is a pool in which there are large fish, the size of a handspan, and they have no scales whatsoever.

   • Idem, f.92r.

     Et la eſtrella meridional de las dos que ſon en el uientre del pez poſtrimero en la figura de piſces a poder en eſta piedra […]

     And the northern start of the two that are on the belly of the last fish in the figure of Pisces has power over this stone […]

Synonyms

• pescado m

Descendants

• Ladino: peshkado
• Spanish: pez

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pez, from Latin picem, from Proto-Indo-European *pik- (“resin”), from *pi- (“sap, juice”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpe(j)s/ [ˈpe(ɪ̯)s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpe(j)s/ [ˈpe(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈpe(j)ʃ/ [ˈpe(ɪ̯)ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpeʃ/

Noun

pez m (plural pezes)

1. pitch (dark, extremely viscous material made by distilling tar)

   Synonym: piche

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈpeθ/ [ˈpeθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈpes/ [ˈpes]

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• Rhymes: -eθ
• Rhymes: -es
• Syllabification: pez
• Homophone: (Latin America) pes

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish pez, from Latin pix, picem, from Proto-Indo-European *pik- (“resin”), from *pi- (“sap, juice”).

Noun

pez f (plural peces)

1. pitch, tar

Derived terms

• pez griega

 

See also

• brea

Etymology 2

pez

From Old Spanish pez, from Latin piscem, from Proto-Indo-European *peysḱ-. Compare peje, Italian pesce, Portuguese peixe, Romanian pește.

Noun

pez m (plural peces)

1. fish (especially while alive)

   Synonym: peje

2. (informal) idiot, dimwit

Usage notes

• The noun pez is used when referring to live fish, as opposed to pescado, used to refer to a fish once it's been hooked, taken from the water, cooked, served as food, etc.

Derived terms

• beber como un pez
• como pez en el agua
• estar pez
• pececillo
• pececito
• pecera
• pez arco iris
• pez ballesta
• pez cirujano
• pez de leche
• pez de oro
• pez dorado
• pez espada
• pez gato
• pez globo
• pez gordo
• pez loro
• pez luna
• pez mantequilla
• pez payaso
• pez plano
• pez pulmonado
• pez sierra
• pez volador
• por la boca muere el pez
• que te folle un pez
• quien quiera peces, que moje el culo

 

Related terms

• peje
• pescado
• pescar
• piscina

 

Further reading

• “pez”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16