peje

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.jɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛjɛ
• Syllabification: pe‧je

peje

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of peja

Inherited from Old Spanish pexe, borrowed from e.g. Asturian or Aragonese, from Latin piscem. Doublet of pez, the indigenous Castilian outcome. Compare also Portuguese peixe.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpexe/ [ˈpe.xe]
• Rhymes: -exe
• Syllabification: pe‧je

peje m (plural pejes)

1. fish

   Synonym: pez

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1985) “pez”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 512

• “peje”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024