pech

== English == === Alternative forms === paich, pegh === Etymology === Borrowed from Scots pech, apparently of imitative origin. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɛk/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /pɛx/ Rhymes: -ɛx, -ɛk === Verb === pech (third-person singular simple present pechs, present participle peching, simple past and past participle peched) (Scotland, Northern England) To pant, to struggle for breath. === Anagrams === EHCP, ceph, hep C == Breton == === Noun === pech m (plural pechoù) trap, booby trap == Chuj == === Noun === pech duck == Czech == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Pech. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈpɛx] === Noun === pech m inan (colloquial) bad luck Synonym: smůla ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “pech”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “pech”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 == Dutch == === Etymology === From German Pech (“bad luck; pitch, tar”), from Old High German peh, from Latin pīx. Doublet of inherited pek (“pitch”). Also cognate with English pitch. The sense “breakdown” is a Dutch innovation. It is probably modelled on the word ongeluk, which means both “bad luck, misfortune” and “accident”. Since pech typically denotes a lesser kind of bad luck, it came to be used for a lesser kind of traffic accident too. German uses Panne instead; compare Dutch panne. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɛx/ Hyphenation: pech Rhymes: -ɛx === Noun === pech m (uncountable, no diminutive) bad luck; misfortune breakdown, e.g. of a car ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Negerhollands: pech == Hungarian == === Etymology === From German Pech. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈpɛxː] Hyphenation: pech Rhymes: -ɛxː === Noun === pech (plural pechek) bad luck, misfortune Synonym: balszerencse Antonyms: szerencse, mázli ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== peches === References === === Further reading === pech in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Pech. Doublet of pach. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpɛx/ Rhymes: -ɛx Syllabification: pech Homophone: Pech === Noun === pech m animal (usually in the singular) bad luck, misfortune Synonyms: niefart, nieszczęście Antonyms: fart, szczęście ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “pech”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “pech”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish) == Scots == === Etymology === Imitative. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɛç/ === Verb === pech (third-person singular simple present pechs, present participle pechin, simple past and past participle pecht) to pant, gasp for breath