peje

See also: Peje, pěje, and Pejë

Polish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

peje

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of peja

Spanish

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

peje m (plural pejes)

1. fish

   Synonym: pez

Derived terms

• pejegallo
• pejegato
• pejelagarto
• pejepalo
• pejerrey
• pejesapo

Related terms

• pescado
• pescar

References

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

Further reading

• “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], 2024 December 10