perca

== Catalan == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin perca. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [ˈpe̞r.kə] IPA(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈpɛr.kə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈpeɾ.ka] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [ˈper.ka] === Noun === perca f (plural perques) perch ==== Derived terms ==== perca americana === Further reading === “perca”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Galician == === Verb === perca (reintegrationist norm) inflection of perder: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Indonesian == === Etymology === From Hindustani (Urdu پارچہ (pārca, “scrap, rag, cloth”), Hindi पारचा (pārcā, “scrap, rag, cloth”)), from Persian پارچه (pârče, “piece, cloth”), the diminutive of پاره (pâre). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [pərˈt͡ʃa] Hyphenation: pêrca === Noun === pêrca (plural perca-perca) cloth from remainder fabric === References === === Further reading === “perca”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Italian == === Etymology === From Latin perca, from Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē, “perch”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpɛr.ka/ Rhymes: -ɛrka Hyphenation: pèr‧ca === Noun === perca f (plural perche) (zoology, ichthyology) perch, Perca fluviatilis === Anagrams === capre, carpe, crepa == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē, “perch”), from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“spotted, speckled”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpɛr.ka] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpɛr.ka] === Noun === perca f (genitive percae); first declension a perch (fish) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “perca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “perca”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "perca", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “perca”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Portuguese == === Etymology 1 === From Latin perca (“perch”), from Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē, “perch”). ==== Pronunciation ==== Hyphenation: per‧ca ==== Noun ==== perca f (plural percas) perch (fish in the genus Perca) ===== Derived terms ===== perca do Nilo === Etymology 2 === ==== Alternative forms ==== pêrca (pre-reform spelling) ==== Pronunciation ==== Hyphenation: per‧ca ==== Verb ==== perca inflection of perder: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative === Etymology 3 === From inflected form of perder (“to lose”). ==== Alternative forms ==== pêrca (pre-reform spelling) ==== Pronunciation ==== Hyphenation: per‧ca ==== Noun ==== perca f (plural percas) (proscribed) synonym of perda === Further reading === “perca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “perca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin perca, from Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē, “perch”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpeɾka/ [ˈpeɾ.ka] Rhymes: -eɾka Syllabification: per‧ca === Noun === perca f (plural percas) perch, Perca fluviatilis Synonyms: robalo, róbalo, lubina bass ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “perca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025