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Pez

Pez

See also: pez, péz, and pèz

English

Noun

Pez (uncountable)

  1. (Canada, US) A kind of candy in the form of small blocks that is sold in small plastic dispensers.

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pez

pez

See also: Pez, péz, and pèz

Kurdish

Noun

pez ?

  1. sheep

Lojban

Rafsi

pez

  1. rafsi of pezli.

Old Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈped͡z]

Etymology 1

From Latin picem, accusative of pix.

Noun

pez f (usually uncountable)

  1. pitch, tar
    • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, 53r.
      Et a tal uertud que ſi la poné ſobre mill peſos de pez faz los feruir por ſu ṕṕdat bié como si estudieſſen a fuego.
      And its virtue it such that if it is put over a thousand weights of pitch it lights them due to its property, as if they were on fire.
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Latin piscem, accusative of piscis, from Proto-Indo-European *peysḱ-.

Noun

pez m (plural peces)

  1. fish
    • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, 56v.
      […] ca alli a una laguna q́ ſe tiene có la. en q́ a unos peces tamannos como un palmo. ¬ no an eſcama níguna.
      […] for in that place there is a pool in which there are large fish, the size of a handspan, and they have no scales whatsoever.
    • Idem, f.92r.
      Et la eſtrella meridional de las dos que ſon en el uientre del pez poſtrimero en la figura de piſces a poder en eſta piedra […]
      And the northern start of the two that are on the belly of the last fish in the figure of Pisces has power over this stone […]
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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese [Term?], from Latin pix, picem, from Proto-Indo-European *pik- (resin), from *pi- (sap, juice).

Noun

pez m (plural pezes)

  1. pitch (dark, extremely viscous material made by distilling tar)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • (Castilian) IPA(key): /ˈpeθ/
  • (Latin America) IPA(key): /ˈpes/

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish pez, from Latin pix, picem, from Proto-Indo-European *pik- (resin), from *pi- (sap, juice).

Noun

pez f (plural peces)

  1. pitch, tar
Derived terms
  • pez griega f
See also
pez

Etymology 2

From Old Spanish pez, from Latin piscis, piscem (compare peje, Italian pesce, Portuguese peixe, Romanian peşte), from Proto-Indo-European *peysḱ-.

Noun

pez m (plural peces)

  1. fish (especially while alive)
  2. (informal) idiot, dimwit
Usage notes
  • The noun pez is used when referring to live fish, as opposed to pescado, used to refer to a fish once it's been hooked, taken from the water, cooked, served as food, etc.
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