piche

See also: Piche

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from English pitch. Doublet of inherited pez.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpi.t͡ʃɪ]

Noun

piche m (plural piches)

1. pitch (material made from tar)

   Synonyms: alcatrán, chapapote

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “piche”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English pitch. Doublet of inherited pez.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ʃe/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ʃɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ʃɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.t͡ʃɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -iʃi, (Portugal) -iʃɨ

Noun

piche m (plural piches)

1. pitch (material made from tar)

Derived terms

• pichar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

piche

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

Further reading

• “piche”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “piche”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025, →ISBN
• “piche”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• pighe (Logudorese)
• pixi (Campidanese)

Etymology

From Latin pix, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pī́ts (“pitch; resin”). Compare Italian pece, French poix, Spanish pez.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpike/

Noun

piche f (plural piches)

1. (Nuorese) pitch

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpit͡ʃe/ [ˈpi.t͡ʃe]
• Rhymes: -itʃe
• Syllabification: pi‧che

Adjective

piche m or f (masculine and feminine plural piches)

1. (Venezuela) rotten

Verb

piche

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

Further reading

• “piche”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025