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Pech¹

noun

  1. plural, plural only An indigenous ethnic group of north-eastern Honduras.

    Similar: Paya

proper noun

  1. An indigenous Amerindian language spoken in Honduras.

    Similar: Paya

pech²

  • /pɛk/ UK
  • /pɛx/ Scotland

Rhymes with -ɛx, -ɛk

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Scots pech, apparently of imitative origin.

verb pechs · peching · peched · paich · pegh

  1. Northern England, Scotland To pant, to struggle for breath. An' as they breisted the lang lang hill / The puir horse graned and peched.

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pech. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pech

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@misc{pech_2026,
  title = {pech},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pech},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}