bec

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bec"

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. From the bleating sound, with -c/ç suffix.[1]

Noun

bec m (plural beca, definite beci, definite plural becat)

  1. lamb

References
  1. Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 94

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin beccus (“beak”), from Gaulish *beccos, from Proto-Celtic *bekkos.

Pronunciation

Noun

bec m (plural becs)

  1. beak, bill
Derived terms

Pronunciation

Verb

bec

  1. first-person singular present indicative of beure

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French bec, from Latin beccus (“beak”), from Gaulish *beccos, from Proto-Celtic *bekkos.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɛk/
    • audio(file)
  • IPA(key): /bɛ/, /be/ (obsolete, but retained in béjaune and bédane)

Noun

bec m (plural becs)

  1. (anatomy) beak, bill (of a bird)
  2. (colloquial, North of France, Belgium, North America, Switzerland) kiss
    Synonyms: bécot, bise, bisou
    Elle m’a fait un bec en partant.
    She gave me a kiss in parting.
  3. (slang) mouth
    Certains l’imaginent avec une pépée, un cigare au coin du bec, quelque part sous les cocotiers.
    Some imagined him with a pipe, a cigar in the corner of his mouth, somewhere under the coconut trees.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Portuguese: beque

Further reading

Anagrams

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin beccus (“beak”), from Gaulish *beccos.

Noun

bec m (plural becs)

  1. beak, bill (of a bird)

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse bekkr (“brook, creek, stream”).

Noun

bec

  1. river (cf. English: beck, a stream or small river)

Old English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /beːt͡ʃ/

Noun

bēċ

  1. inflection of bōc:
    1. genitive/dative singular
    2. nominative/accusative plural

Old French

Pronunciation

From Latin beccus.

Noun

bec oblique singular, m (oblique plural bes, nominative singular bes, nominative plural bec)

  1. beak, bill (of a bird)

Descendants

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *biggos (“small”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbʲeɡ/

Adjective

bec (comparative lugu)

  1. small

Inflection
o/ā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative bec bec bec
Vocative bic*
bec**
Accusative bec bic
Genitive bic bice bic
Dative biuc bic biuc
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative bic beca
Vocative bicu
beca†
Accusative bicu
beca†
Genitive bec
Dative becaib
Notes *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative

**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Derived terms

Descendants

Adverb

bec

  1. almost
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      .i. bec nacham·ralae i nderchoíniud ón
      i.e. that is, it has almost cast me into despair.

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
bec bec
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/		 mbec
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French bec (de gaz).

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)

Noun

bec n (plural becuri)

  1. lightbulb

Declension
Declension of bec
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) bec becul (niște) becuri becurile
genitive/dative (unui) bec becului (unor) becuri becurilor
vocative becule becurilor

Descendants
  • → Polish: bek
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