mec

Noun

mec (uncountable)

1. (medicine, colloquial) Clipping of meconium.

   mec liquor

See also

• Mec Art

Anagrams

• E=mc², cem, CEM, EMC, MCE, cem., CME, ECM

Etymology

Probably from Latin mandūcō.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

mec first-singular present indicative (third-person singular present indicative meche, past participle mãcate)

1. Alternative form of mãc

Etymology

Unknown. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈmɛk]

Adjective

mec (feminine meca, masculine plural mecs, feminine plural meques)

1. hairless (of one's face); beardless

   Synonym: barbamec

2. (regional, derogatory) foolish

Noun

mec m (plural mecs, feminine meca)

1. beardless man
2. (regional, derogatory) fool, simpleton
3. calf (young male cow)

Further reading

• “mec” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “mec”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “mec” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “mec” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Etymology

From mac, a shortening of maquereau (“pimp”), from Dutch makelaar (“broker”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛk/

• Audio:

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• Homophone: Mecque

Noun

mec m (plural mecs)

1. (slang) guy, fellow, bloke, chap, dude, boyfriend [from 20th c.]

   Synonyms: bougre, gars, pelo, type

   Quel mec a volé mon pantalon?

   Which guy stole my pants?

   • 1984, “Paris”, performed by Taxi Girl (sung by Daniel Darc):

     Hé mec ! Mec, comment t’épelles Paris ?

     Hey dude! Dude, how do ya spell Paris?

2. (obsolete, slang) pimp

Further reading

• “mec”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Alternative forms

• mē, mic, mehc, mech, meh

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mek (“me”), from Proto-Indo-European *me-ge (“me”). Akin to Old High German mih (“me”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mek/

Pronoun

mec

1. accusative of iċ: me

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *meccä.

Noun

mec

1. forest

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “лес”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika