pez

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See also: Pez, péz, pèz, and pęz

Basque

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Noun

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pez

  1. instrumental indefinite of pe

Galician

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (standard) /ˈpeθ/ [ˈpeθ]
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /ˈpes/ [ˈpes]

 

  • Hyphenation: pez

Noun

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pez m or f (plural peces)

  1. pitch, tar
    Synonym: piche
  2. pitch, resin
    Synonyms: recina, resina

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Northern Kurdish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pez m

  1. sheep

Old Spanish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Latin picem, accusative of pix.

Noun

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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
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  • Spanish: pez

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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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 […]
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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese pez, from Latin picem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pī́ts (pitch; resin). Doublet of piche.

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Noun

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pez m (plural pezes)

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

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Spanish pez, from Latin picem, from Proto-Indo-European *pī́ts (pitch; resin).

Noun

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pez f (plural peces)

  1. pitch, tar
    Synonym: brea
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Etymology 2

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es
pez

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

Noun

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pez m (plural peces)

  1. fish (especially while alive)
    Synonym: peje
  2. (informal) idiot, dimwit
    Synonyms: idiota, zonzo
Usage notes
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  • The noun pez is used when referring to live fish, as opposed to pescado, used to refer to a fish once it has been hooked, taken from the water, cooked, served as food, etc.
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