Definitions and meaning of pic
pic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɪk/
- Rhymes: -ɪk
Etymology 1
Clipping of picture
Noun
pic (plural pics or pix)
- (informal) A picture, especially a photographic image.
- (informal) A movie.
Etymology 2
Noun
pic (plural pics)
- 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 (indefinite plural pica, definite singular pici, definite plural picat)
- (nonstandard) tip, top, end
Derived terms
References
Catalan
Etymology
From picar.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈpik/
- Rhymes: -ik
Noun
pic m (plural pics)
- pickaxe
- peak (of a mountain)
- peak (moment of maximum intensity)
- knock, strike, blow
- prick, sting
- (typography) dot, bullet
- (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
Etymology 1
From Vulgar Latin *piccus, from Latin pīcus.
Noun
pic m (plural pics)
- woodpecker
- pick (tool)
See also
Etymology 2
Probably from Spanish pico.
Noun
pic m (plural pics)
- peak, summit
Further reading
- “pic” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Irish
Etymology
Middle Irish pic, picc, from Latin pix.
Noun
pic f (genitive singular pice)
- pitch, tar
Declension
Mutation
Further reading
- "pic" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Middle English
Verb
pic
- Alternative form of piken
Old English
Etymology
From Latin pix.
Noun
piċ n
- pitch
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
- Middle English: picche, piche, pich
- English: pitch
- → Galician: piche
- → Portuguese: piche
- Scots: pick
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”)
Noun
pic m (oblique plural pis, nominative singular pis, nominative plural pic)
- a sharp point or spike.
Descendants
Polabian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *peťь.
Pronunciation
Noun
pic f
- furnace, oven
Polish
Pronunciation
Noun
pic m inan
- (colloquial) fib, hoax, lie
- Synonyms: blaga, oszustwo
Declension
Derived terms
- (verb) picować
- (nouns) picownik
Further reading
- pic in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- pic in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Probably onomatopoetic.
Noun
pic n (plural picuri)
- a drop (of water)
Derived terms
- pica
- picur
- picura
- picătură
Adverb
pic
- little (not much)
Synonyms
- oleacă (colloquial)
- nițel (colloquial)
- țâră (colloquial)
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.
See also
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from English pike
Noun
pic f (plural picean)
- pike, spear
- pickaxe
Derived terms
Further reading
- MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911) , “pic”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page pic
Slovene
Noun
píc
- genitive plural of pica
Source: wiktionary.org- (colloquial) a picture.
(source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)