Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pech

/pɛk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.75 in modern English

Syllables: pech
IPA: /pɛk/

11

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An indigenous ethnic group of north-eastern Honduras.

name

An indigenous Amerindian language spoken in Honduras.

verb

To pant, to struggle for breath.

Example Sentences

"An' as they breisted the lang lang hill / The puir horse graned and peched."
"Then Chris saw Bruce, the porter, come in, with the mark on his jaw where his godfather hit him, then Leslie, the smith, paiching and sweating, he dropped his stick with an awful clatter."
"She peched and had to rest often."
"When Graham reached him, however, he felt so exhausted he could not immediately explain; he had to sit on the ground, peching like a seal."
"If he could just stop breathing and listen but he was peching too much from the climb."

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots pech, apparently of imitative origin.

Word Breakdown

Root: pech

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /pɛk/

Inflected Forms

pechs (present, singular) peching (participle, present) peched (participle, past) peched (past) paich (alternative) pegh (alternative)

Phrases

Wiktionary’s coverage of Pech terms

Frequently Paired Words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Pech terms

Synonyms

Paya

Homonyms

peck

Rhymes With

check tech high-tech neck low-tech deck sec dec heck quebec wreck trek

Questions

How do you pronounce pech?: The recorded pronunciation is /pɛk/.
What does pech mean?: An indigenous ethnic group of north-eastern Honduras.
Where does pech come from?: Borrowed from Scots pech, apparently of imitative origin.

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