pic
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɪk/
- Rhymes: -ɪk
- Homophone: pick
Etymology 1
Clipping of picture
Noun
- (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.
- 1999, The Variety Insider (page 219)
Albanian
Derived terms
References
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “picërr”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 325
Catalan
Etymology
From picar.
Noun
pic m (plural pics)
Further reading
- “pic” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pik/
audio (file)
Etymology 1
From Vulgar Latin *piccus, from Latin pīcus.
Derived terms
See also
Derived terms
Further reading
- “pic”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Irish
Etymology
Middle Irish pic, picc, from Latin pix.
Declension
Second declension
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
pic | phic | bpic |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Middle English
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *pik.
Declension
Alternative forms
- pic
Derived terms
- piċen
- piċian
Descendants
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “piċ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *piccus (“sharp point”).
Polabian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *peťь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *péktis, from Proto-Indo-European *pékʷ-tis, from *pekʷ-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pit͡s/
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pit͡s/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -it͡s
- Syllabification: pic
Etymology 1
Deverbal from picować.
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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”). Cognate with Sicilian picca, Italian piccolo, Sicilian pìcciulu, Spanish pequeño, Sicilian picciriḍḍu. Compare also French petit, English pinch.
Declension
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) pic | picul | (niște) picuri | picurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) pic | picului | (unor) picuri | picurilor |
vocative | picule | picurilor |
Usage notes
- When used as an adverb (in the sense of "little"/"small amount"), pic is always preceded by un, similar to Italian/Spanish un poco, or French un peu.
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Further reading
- MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “pic”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page pic