pech
Dutch (Brabantic)
/pɛx/
noun
Definitions
- bad luck; bad karma
- breakdown, e.g. of a car
Etymology
Derived from German Pech (tar, bad luck, pitch) derived from Old High German peh derived from Latin pīx.
Origin
Latin
pīx
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fastpitch English
- monopitch English
- multipitch English
- outpitch English
- overpitch English
- pitch English
- pitchable English
- pitchback English
- pitchbook English
- pitchcapping English
- pitcher English
- pitchest English
- pitcheth English
- pitchfest English
- pitchfork English
- pitchless English
- pitchlike English
- pitchman English
- pitchmeter English
- pitchometer English
- pitchout English
- pitchpenny English
- pitchperson English
- pitchpipe English
- pitchpole English
- pitchside English
- pitchstone English
- pitchwoman English
- pitchwork English
- pitchy English
- repitch English
- slowpitch English
- pix Latin
- pīx Latin
- Pech German
- Pechnase German
- Pechnelke German
- Pechvogel German
- pechrabenschwarz German
- pechschwarz German
- pech Hungarian
- aardpek Dutch, Flemish
- auto Dutch, Flemish
- autopech Dutch, Flemish
- panne Dutch, Flemish
- pechstrook Dutch, Flemish
- pechvogel Dutch, Flemish
- pek Dutch, Flemish
- pekblende Dutch, Flemish
- strook Dutch, Flemish
- vogel Dutch, Flemish
- panne French
- пек Russian
- pichar Spanish, Castilian
- piche Portuguese
- ピッチ Japanese
- ペンキ Japanese
- picche Middle English
- pech Czech
- piĉo Esperanto
- piche Galician
- pek Indonesian
- pec Middle Dutch
- peh Old High German
- Pech Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- pek Old Dutch