perc

See also: përç, Perc, pêrc, pērc, perć, and perc.

English

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Noun

perc (uncountable)

  2. Clipping of perchloroethylene: a common solvent used in dry-cleaning.
  4. Clipping of percolation.
    a perc test of the soil
  6. Alternative form of perk (perquisite)
    • 1994 October, Harry Hay, “Focussing On NAMBLA Obscures The Issues”, in Gay Community News, page 19:
      As members of the middle class try to hang on to the percs and privileges of their fading good life, they rush, as always before, to "cast their cares upon God."

Adjective

perc (not comparable)

  1. (medicine, colloquial) Percutaneous.
    perc trach

Etymology 2

Noun

perc (plural percs)

  1. (slang) A Percocet tablet taken as a recreational drug.

Anagrams

Hungarian

Etymology

Back-formation from percen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɛrt͡s]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛrt͡s

Noun

perc (plural percek)

  1. minute (unit of time)
  2. (geometry) minute (a unit of angle)
  3. (anatomy) a segment of a finger

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative perc percek
accusative percet perceket
dative percnek perceknek
instrumental perccel percekkel
causal-final percért percekért
translative perccé percekké
terminative percig percekig
essive-formal percként percekként
essive-modal — —
inessive percben percekben
superessive percen perceken
adessive percnél perceknél
illative percbe percekbe
sublative percre percekre
allative perchez percekhez
elative percből percekből
delative percről percekről
ablative perctől percektől
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		percé perceké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		percéi percekéi
Possessive forms of perc
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. percem perceim
2nd person sing. perced perceid
3rd person sing. perce percei
1st person plural percünk perceink
2nd person plural percetek perceitek
3rd person plural percük perceik

Derived terms

Compound words

Further reading

  • perc in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
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