plec

plec (plural plecs)

1. pleco (tropical fish)

• CLEP, Pelc, clep, CELP

• plecu

From Latin plicō. Compare Romanian pleca, plec.

plec first-singular present indicative (third-person singular present indicative pleacã, past participle plicatã)

1. to leave, depart

• plicari/plicare
• plicat
• aplec

• afug, fug

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈplɛk]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈplək]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈplek]

plec m (plural plecs)

1. fold
2. pleat, crease

   Synonym: replec

3. a sheet of paper
4. a sealed document
5. (printing) quire, gathering

• “plec”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• plece (rare)

Inherited from Old Czech plece, from Proto-Slavic *pleťe.

• IPA^(key): [ˈplɛt͡s]

plec f

1. shoulder (especially food)

   kousek vepřové plece ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   Poplácal ho uznale po plecích. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   Nesl brašnu přes plece. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   Po plecích mu dolů černý sametový pláštěc visel. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• It is mostly used when talking about meat, but it can be used about the human body part as well. It is rather defined as the upper part of the back, whereas rameno is a normal term for shoulder.

• “plec”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “plec”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “plec”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

plec

1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of pleca