English

Proper noun

Pech

1. A language spoken in Honduras.

Synonyms

• Paya

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Pech terms

German

Etymology

From Old High German peh, from Latin pix. Cognate with Dutch pek, English pitch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛç/
• Rhymes: -ɛç

Noun

Pech n ‎(genitive Pechs or Peches, plural Peche)

1. (usually uncountable) pitch (sticky substance)
2. (uncountable) bad luck, misfortune

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

• pekig

Descendants

• Dutch: pech
• Hungarian: pech
• Polish: pech
• Serbo-Croatian: peh

English

Alternative forms

• paich

Verb

pech ‎(third-person singular simple present pechs, present participle peching, simple past and past participle peched)

1. (Scotland, Northern England) To pant, to struggle for breath.
   • 1913, John Buchan, Andrew Jameson, Lord Ardwall, page 136:

     An' as they breisted the lang lang hill / The puir horse graned and peched.

   • 1933, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Cloud Howe, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 321:

     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.

   • 1954, Robin Jenkins, The Thistle and the Grail, 1994, page 225:

     She peched and had to rest often.

   • 1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate 2012, p. 207:

     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.

   • 1994, James Kelman, How Late it Was, How Late:

     If he could just stop breathing and listen but he was peching too much from the climb.

Czech

Etymology

From German Pech

Noun

pech m

1. (colloquial) bad luck

Synonyms

• smůla

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛx/
• Rhymes: -ɛx

Etymology

From German Pech ‎(“pitch, tar”), from Old High German peh, from Latin pīx. Cognate with Dutch pek, English pitch.

Noun

pech m ‎(uncountable)

1. bad luck, bad karma

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Pech. ^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛxː]
• Hyphenation: pech

Noun

pech ‎(plural pechek)

1. bad luck, misfortune

Declension

Derived terms

• peches

References

1. ↑ Tótfalusi István, Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára. Tinta Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 2005, ISBN 963 7094 20 2

Polish

Etymology

From German Pech.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɛx]

Noun

pech m inan

1. bad luck, misfortune

Declension

Derived terms

• pechowy

Scots

Etymology

Imitative.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛç/

Verb

pech ‎(third-person singular present pechs, present participle pechin, past pecht, past participle pecht)

1. to pant, gasp for breath