mech

== English == === Etymology === Ultimately from mechanical, mechanic, perhaps via mecha. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mɛk/ Rhymes: -ɛk === Noun === mech (countable and uncountable, plural mechs) (science fiction) A large piloted combat robot. (science fiction) A robot. Synonym: robot Hyponyms: android, mechanoid Clipping of mechanic. (uncountable) Clipping of mechanics. (cycling) Clipping of (derailleur) mechanism. front/rear mech ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== mecha CAS === Adjective === mech Abbreviation of mechanical. Abbreviation of mechanized. === Anagrams === Chem., Emch, chem, chem. == Czech == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Czech mech, from Proto-Slavic *mъxъ. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈmɛx] Rhymes: -ɛx === Noun === mech m inan moss ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “mech”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “mech”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “mech”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Lower Sorbian == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mъxъ. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmɛx/ Rhymes: -ɛx Syllabification: mech === Noun === mech m inan moss (plants of the division Bryophyta) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “mech”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008 Starosta, Manfred (1999), “mech”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag == Luxembourgish == === Etymology === From Middle High German mich, from Old High German mih. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /meχ/, [məɕ] === Pronoun === mech first-person singular, accusative: me Kënnt Dir mech verstoen? — Can you understand me? first-person singular, reflexive: myself Ech hu mech blesséiert — I have hurt myself ==== Declension ==== == Middle English == === Verb === mech alternative form of macchen == Old Czech == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mъxъ. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈmɛx/ IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈmɛx/ === Noun === mech m inan moss ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Czech: mech === Further reading === Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “mech”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění == Old English == === Pronoun === mech (Northumbrian) alternative form of mec: me == Polish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Polish mech, from Proto-Slavic *mъxъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *muśas, from Proto-Indo-European *músos, from the root *mews- (“moss”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛx Syllabification: mech Homophone: Mech === Noun === mech m inan (diminutive meszek) moss ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “mech”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “mech”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish) Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “mech”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish] “MECH”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 28.01.2016 == Slovak == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mě̑xъ. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mex/, [ˈmex] Rhymes: -ex === Noun === mech m inan (diminutive miešok) bag bellows ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== mechúr === Further reading === “mech”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026 == Yurok == === Etymology === From Proto-Algic *mehše (“fire”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /metʃ/, [mɛ̞tʃ] === Noun === mech fire