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* As an English, Dutch, and German surname, related to pickaxe. * As a German surname, from Low German pick (“pitch”), itself ultimately from Latin pix. * As an English surname, from pike (“kind of fish”).

From Middle English piken, picken, pikken, from Old English *piccian, *pīcian (attested in pīcung (“a pricking”)), and pīcan, pȳcan (“to pick, prick, pluck”), both from Proto-West Germanic *pikkōn, from Proto-Germanic *pikkōną (“to pick, peck, prick, knock”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *bu- (“to make a dull, hollow sound”). Doublet of pitch and peck. Cognate with Dutch pikken (“to pick”), German picken (“to pick, peck”), Old Norse pikka, pjakka (whence Icelandic pikka (“to pick, prick”), Swedish picka (“to pick, peck”)). Compare also German Low German puken (“to pick out, rip out, pull away, extract”).

192 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مِعْوَل (miʕwal) — pickaxe
• Arabic: فَأْس (faʔs) — pickaxe
• Arabic: بيك (bīk) — pickaxe
• Armenian: քլունգ (kʻlung) — pickaxe
• Armenian: բրիչ (bričʻ) — pickaxe
• Aromanian: sapã — pickaxe
• Bulgarian: кирка (kirka) — pickaxe
• Bulgarian: търнокоп (tǎrnokop) — pickaxe
• Catalan: pic — pickaxe
• Cherokee: ᎧᎾᏍᏕᏢᏗ (kanasdetlvdi) — pickaxe
• Chinese Mandarin: 鶴嘴鋤 /鹤嘴锄 (háozuǐchú, hèzuǐchú) — pickaxe
• Czech: krumpáč — pickaxe
• Esperanto: pioĉo — pickaxe
• Finnish: hakku — pickaxe
• French: pioche — pickaxe
• German: Hacke — pickaxe
• German: Pickel — pickaxe
• German: Spitzhacke — pickaxe
• Ancient Greek: μάκελλα (mákella) — pickaxe
• Hindi: गैंती (ga͠itī) — pickaxe
• Hungarian: csákány — pickaxe
• Irish: piocóid — pickaxe
• Italian: piccone — pickaxe
• Japanese: つるはし (tsuruhashi) — pickaxe
• Macedonian: копач (kopač) — pickaxe
• Macedonian: трнокоп (trnokop) — pickaxe
• Malayalam: കോടാലി (kōṭāli) — pickaxe
• Māori: pika — pickaxe
• Norwegian: hakke — pickaxe
• Persian: کلنگ (kolang) — pickaxe
• Polish: kilof — pickaxe
• Polish: oskard — pickaxe
• Polish: czekan — pickaxe
• Portuguese: picareta — pickaxe
• Romanian: târnăcop — pickaxe
• Russian: кирка́ (kirká) — pickaxe
• Russian: кайло́ (kajló) — pickaxe
• Spanish: pico — pickaxe
• Spanish: sacho — pickaxe
• Spanish: zapapico — pickaxe
• Spanish: piqueta — pickaxe
• Swedish: hacka — pickaxe
• Tamil: கோடாரி (kōṭāri) — pickaxe
• Turkish: kazma — pickaxe
• Ukrainian: ка́йло (kájlo) — pickaxe
• Zazaki: zengen (diq) — pickaxe
• Turkish: ajine — hammer for dressing millstones
• Ottoman Turkish: آژینه (ajine) — hammer for dressing millstones
• Chinese Mandarin: 万能钥匙 (wànnéngyàoshí) — tool to open a lock
• Finnish: tiirikka — tool to open a lock
• French: passe-partout — tool to open a lock
• German: Dietrich — tool to open a lock
• Italian: grimaldello — tool to open a lock
• Norwegian: dirk — tool to open a lock
• Polish: wytrych — tool to open a lock
• Russian: отмы́чка (otmýčka) — tool to open a lock
• Spanish: ganzúa — tool to open a lock
• Swedish: dyrk — tool to open a lock
• Turkish: çilingir — tool to open a lock
• Finnish: harva kampa — comb with long widely spaced teeth
• Italian: stuzzicadenti — comb with long widely spaced teeth
• Italian: pettine — comb with long widely spaced teeth
• Zazaki: dilgan — comb with long widely spaced teeth
• Bulgarian: избор (izbor) — choice
• Finnish: valinta — choice
• French: choix — choice
• Italian: scelta — choice
• Norwegian: valg — choice
• Polish: wybór — choice
• Polish: prawo wyboru — choice
• Polish: możliwość wyboru — choice
• Polish: kandydat — choice
• Portuguese: escolha — choice
• Russian: вы́бор (výbor) — choice
• Swedish: val — choice
• Turkish: seçmek — choice
• Ukrainian: ви́бір (výbir) — choice
• Bulgarian: заслон (zaslon) — basketball: screen
• Italian: barriera — basketball: screen
• Polish: zasłona — basketball: screen
• Russian: засло́н (zaslón) — basketball: screen
• Spanish: puya — general purpose hooked tool part of a set
• Armenian: քչփորել (kʻčʻpʻorel) — to grasp and pull with fingers
• Breton: pegañ — to grasp and pull with fingers
• Bulgarian: хващам (hvaštam) — to grasp and pull with fingers
• Bulgarian: хвана (hvana) — to grasp and pull with fingers
• Danish: plukke — to grasp and pull with fingers
• Dutch: nemen — to grasp and pull with fingers
• Dutch: krabben — to grasp and pull with fingers
• Finnish: tonkia — to grasp and pull with fingers
• French: prendre — to grasp and pull with fingers
• French: cueillir — to grasp and pull with fingers
• Icelandic: lesa — to grasp and pull with fingers
• Irish: pioc — to grasp and pull with fingers
• Italian: prendere — to grasp and pull with fingers
• Latin: carpō — to grasp and pull with fingers
• Khiamniungan Naga: tsùo — to grasp and pull with fingers
• Nahuatl: pehpena — to grasp and pull with fingers
• Norwegian: pilke — to grasp and pull with fingers
• Norwegian Bokmål: plukke — to grasp and pull with fingers
• Polish: dłubać — to grasp and pull with fingers
• Polish: grzebać — to grasp and pull with fingers
• Polish: gmerać — to grasp and pull with fingers
• Portuguese: pegar — to grasp and pull with fingers
• Spanish: hurgar — to grasp and pull with fingers
• Spanish: esculcar — to grasp and pull with fingers
• Spanish: escarbar — to grasp and pull with fingers
• Swedish: plocka — to grasp and pull with fingers
• Tamil: நோண்டு (nōṇṭu) — to grasp and pull with fingers
• Tày: boi — to grasp and pull with fingers
• Azerbaijani: dərmək — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Central Bikol: pudo — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Bulgarian: бера (bera) — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Bulgarian: късам (kǎsam) — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Catalan: collir — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Chinese Cantonese: 摘 (zaak6) — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Chinese Mandarin: 摘 (zhāi) — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Dutch: plukken — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Esperanto: pluki — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Finnish: poimia — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• French: cueillir — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• German: pflücken — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Hebrew: קָטַף (qatáf) — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Indonesian: petik — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Indonesian: memetik — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Ingrian: reppiä — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Ingrian: noppia — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Ingrian: noblia — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Irish: pioc — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Italian: raccogliere — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Japanese: 摘む (tsumu) — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Korean: 따다 (ttada) — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Latin: carpō — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Lithuanian: skinti — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Māori: whaki — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Māori: whakiwhaki — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Māori: whawhaki — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Māori: tāhora — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Norman: tchilyi — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Norwegian: plukke — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Old Church Slavonic: чесати (česati) — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Polish: zrywać — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Polish: zbierać — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Portuguese: colher — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Quechua: p'itiy — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Russian: собира́ть (sobirátʹ) — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Russian: собра́ть (sobrátʹ) — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Russian: рва́ть (rvátʹ) — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Russian: срыва́ть (sryvátʹ) — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Russian: сорва́ть (sorvátʹ) — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Spanish: recoger — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Swedish: plocka — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Tagalog: manguha — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Tagalog: kunin — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Tamil: பறி (paṟi) — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Tày: bít — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Turkish: dermek — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Turkish: toplamak — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Welsh: pigo — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Welsh: casglu — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• West Frisian: plôkje — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• West Frisian: ploaitsje — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Zazaki: arêden — to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
• Bhojpuri: चुनल (cunal) — to decide upon, from a set of options; to select
• Bulgarian: избирам (izbiram) — to decide upon, from a set of options; to select
• Bulgarian: избера (izbera) — to decide upon, from a set of options; to select
• Dutch: kiezen — to decide upon, from a set of options; to select
• Finnish: valita — to decide upon, from a set of options; to select
• French: choisir — to decide upon, from a set of options; to select
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (waljan) — to decide upon, from a set of options; to select
• Ancient Greek: ἐκλέγω (eklégō) — to decide upon, from a set of options; to select
• Hindi: चुनना (cunnā) — to decide upon, from a set of options; to select
• Irish: pioc — to decide upon, from a set of options; to select
• Italian: scegliere — to decide upon, from a set of options; to select
• Korean: 정하다 (jeonghada) — to decide upon, from a set of options; to select
• Māori: whiri — to decide upon, from a set of options; to select
• Māori: whakatete — to decide upon, from a set of options; to select
• Māori: kōwhiri — to decide upon, from a set of options; to select
• Norwegian: velge — to decide upon, from a set of options; to select
• Polish: wybrać — to decide upon, from a set of options; to select
• Polish: wybierać — to decide upon, from a set of options; to select
• Portuguese: escolher — to decide upon, from a set of options; to select
• Russian: выбира́ть (vybirátʹ) — to decide upon, from a set of options; to select
• Russian: выбра́ть (vybrátʹ) — to decide upon, from a set of options; to select
• Spanish: escoger — to decide upon, from a set of options; to select
• Spanish: escogitar — to decide upon, from a set of options; to select
• Swedish: välja — to decide upon, from a set of options; to select
• Ukrainian: вибира́ти (vybyráty) — to decide upon, from a set of options; to select
• Finnish: lukea — cricket: to recognise the type of ball being bowled
• German: zupfen — music: to pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument
• Italian: pizzicare — music: to pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument
• Korean: 뜯다 (tteutda) — music: to pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument