beck

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɛk/ Rhymes: -ɛk === Etymology 1 === From Middle English bek, bekk, becc, from Old English bæc, bec, bæċe, beċe (“beck, brook”), from Proto-Germanic *bakiz (“stream”). Cognate with Old Norse bekkr (“a stream or brook”), Low German bek, beck, German Bach, Dutch beek, Swedish bäck, Doublet of batch. More at beach. ==== Noun ==== beck (plural becks) (Norfolk, Northern England) A stream or small river. ===== Synonyms ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English bekken, a shortened form of Middle English bekenen, from Old English bēcnan, bēacnian (“to signify; beckon”), from Proto-West Germanic *baukn, from Proto-Germanic *baukną (“beacon”). More at beacon. ==== Noun ==== beck (plural becks) A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, especially as a call or command. ===== Derived terms ===== beck and call ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== beck (third-person singular simple present becks, present participle becking, simple past and past participle becked) (archaic) To nod or motion with the head. === Etymology 3 === See back. ==== Noun ==== beck (plural becks) A vat. === Etymology 4 === From Middle English bec, bek, from Old French bec (“beak”). ==== Noun ==== beck (plural becks) Obsolete form of beak. ===== Derived terms ===== harman-beck == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === === Noun === beck m (plural becks) alternative spelling of beque == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Norse bik, from Middle Low German pik, from Old Saxon pik, from Proto-West Germanic *pik, from Latin pix. See also Dutch pek, German Pech. === Pronunciation === Homophone: bäck === Noun === beck n pitch (a dark, extremely viscous material still remaining after distilling crude oil and tar) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== barnbeck (“meconium”) beckmörk (“pitch dark”) beckmörker (“pitch darkness”) becksvart (“pitch black”) === References === beck in Svensk ordbok (SO) beck in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) beck in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)