bec

See also: bèc, bêc, bëc, Beč, and beç

Catalan

Etymology

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

Noun

bec m (plural becs)

  1. beak, bill

Verb

bec

  1. first-person singular present indicative form of beure

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛk/
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Noun

bec m (plural becs)

  1. (anatomy) beak, bill (of bird)
  2. (colloquial, Belgium, Quebec, Switzerland, Louisiana) kiss
    Elle m'a fait un bec en partant.
    She gave me a kiss in parting.

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Friulian

Etymology

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

Noun

bec m (plural becs)

  1. beak
  2. bill

Norman

Etymology

From Old Norse bekkr (“river”).

Noun

bec ? (plural becs)

  1. river

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beːt͡ʃ/

Noun

bēċ

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

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bikkos (“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

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
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

  • “bec” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French bec (de gaz).

Noun

bec n (plural becuri)

  1. lightbulb

Declension

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