pic

See also: PIC, pić, píč, piç, and pìc

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɪk/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪk
• Homophone: pick

Etymology 1

Clipping of picture

Noun

pic (plural pics or pix)

1. (informal) A picture, especially a photographic image.
2. (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)

1. 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)

1. (nonstandard) tip, top, end

Derived terms

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

 

Catalan

Etymology

Deverbal from picar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpik]
• Rhymes: -ik

Noun

pic m (plural pics)

1. pickaxe
2. peak (of a mountain)
3. peak (moment of maximum intensity)
4. knock, strike, blow
5. prick, sting
6. (typography) dot, bullet
7. (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^(key): /pik/

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *piccus, from Latin pīcus.

Noun

pic m (plural pics)

1. woodpecker
2. 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)

1. 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)

1. pitch, tar

Declension

Declension of pic (second declension, no plural)

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

Mutated forms of pic

radical	lenition	eclipsis
pic	phic	bpic

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^(key): /ˈpit͡s/
• Rhymes: -it͡s
• Syllabification: pic

Verb

pic impf

1. (transitive) to drink

Further reading

• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “pić”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]
• “pic”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Middle English

Verb

pic

1. Alternative form of piken

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *pik.

Noun

piċ n

1. pitch

Declension

Declension of piċ (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	piċ	piċ
accusative	piċ	piċ
genitive	piċes	piċa
dative	piċe	piċum

Alternative forms

• pic

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^[2], 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)

1. 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^(key): /pit͡s/

Noun

pic f

1. furnace, oven

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpit͡s/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -it͡s
• Syllabification: pic

Etymology 1

Deverbal from picować.

Noun

pic m inan

1. (colloquial) fib, hoax, lie

   Synonyms: blaga, oszustwo

Declension

Declension of pic

	singular	plural
nominative	pic	pice
genitive	picu	piców
dative	picowi	picom
accusative	pic	pice
instrumental	picem	picami
locative	picu	picach
vocative	picu	pice

Derived terms

adverb

• dla picu

 

nouns

• picownik

 

verb

• picować

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

pic f

1. 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)

1. a drop (of water)

Declension

	singular			plural
	+ indefinite article	+ definite article		+ indefinite article	+ definite article
nominative/accusative	(un) pic	picul		(niște) picuri	picurile
genitive/dative	(unui) pic	picului		(unor) picuri	picurilor
vocative	picule			picurilor

Derived terms

• pica
• picur
• picura
• picătură

Adverb

pic

1. 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)

1. pike, spear
2. pickaxe

Derived terms

• pic-catha

Further reading

• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “pic”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[3], Stirling, →ISBN, page pic

Slovene

Noun

píc

1. genitive plural of pica