perca

See also: Perca, pêrca, and perça

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin perca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpɛr.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpeɾ.ka]

Noun

perca f (plural perques)

1. perch

Derived terms

• perca americana

Further reading

• “perca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Verb

perca

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of perder:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hindustani (Urdu پارچہ (pārca, “scrap, rag, cloth”), Hindi पारचा (pārcā, “scrap, rag, cloth”)), from Persian پارچه (pârče, “piece, cloth”), the diminutive of پاره (pâre).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pərˈt͡ʃa]
• Hyphenation: pêrca

Noun

pêrca (first-person possessive percaku, second-person possessive percamu, third-person possessive percanya)

1. cloth from remainder fabric

Further reading

• “perca” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin perca, from Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē, “perch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛr.ka/
• Rhymes: -ɛrka
• Hyphenation: pèr‧ca

Noun

perca f (plural perche)

1. (zoology, ichthyology) perch, Perca fluviatilis

Anagrams

• capre, carpe, crepa

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē, “perch”), from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“spotted, speckled”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈper.ka/, [ˈpɛrkä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈper.ka/, [ˈpɛrkä]

Noun

perca f (genitive percae); first declension

1. a perch (fish)
   • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 32.40:

     […] similiter percae salsae e capite cinis melle addito […]

     Heads of salted perch, reduced to ashes, and applied with honey, are equally useful for the purpose.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	perca	percae
genitive	percae	percārum
dative	percae	percīs
accusative	percam	percās
ablative	percā	percīs
vocative	perca	percae

Descendants

Descendants

• Catalan: perca
• Old French: perche
  • → Middle English: perche
    • English: perch
  • French: perche
• Portuguese: perca
• Spanish: perca
• Translingual: Perca
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *percula
  • Italian: perchia

References

• “perca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “perca”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• perca in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• perca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Latin perca (“perch”), from Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē, “perch”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛʁ.kɐ/ [ˈpɛh.kɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛʁ.kɐ/ [ˈpɛh.kɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛɾ.kɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛʁ.kɐ/ [ˈpɛχ.kɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛɻ.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛɾ.kɐ/

• Hyphenation: per‧ca

Noun

perca f (plural percas)

1. perch (fish in the genus Perca)

Derived terms

• perca do Nilo

Etymology 2

From inflected form of perder (“to lose”).

Alternative forms

• pêrca (obsolete, rare)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpeʁ.kɐ/ [ˈpeh.kɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpeʁ.kɐ/ [ˈpeh.kɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈpeɾ.kɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈpeʁ.kɐ/ [ˈpeχ.kɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpeɻ.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛɾ.kɐ/

• Hyphenation: per‧ca

Noun

perca f (plural percas)

1. (proscribed) Synonym of perda

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

• pêrca (obsolete, rare)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpeʁ.kɐ/ [ˈpeh.kɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpeʁ.kɐ/ [ˈpeh.kɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈpeɾ.kɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈpeʁ.kɐ/ [ˈpeχ.kɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpeɻ.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛɾ.kɐ/

• Hyphenation: per‧ca

Verb

perca

1. inflection of perder:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin perca, from Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē, “perch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɾka/ [ˈpeɾ.ka]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -eɾka
• Syllabification: per‧ca

Noun

perca f (plural percas)

1. perch, Perca fluviatilis

   Synonyms: robalo, róbalo, lubina

2. bass

Derived terms

• perca amarilla
• perca común
• perca del Nilo
• perca sol

 

Further reading

• “perca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28