name
Meaning 1
An indigenous Amerindian language spoken in Honduras.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Paya
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Pech
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
-
Received-Pronunciation: /pɛk/
-
Scotland: /pɛx/
-
rhymes with -ɛx
-
rhymes with -ɛk
-
CMU ARPABET: P EH1 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
An indigenous ethnic group of north-eastern Honduras.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Paya
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To pant, to struggle for breath.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Scots pech, apparently of imitative origin.