Masculine
Meaning

  1. (masculine) beak, bill (of a bird)
  2. (masculine) mouthpiece; fipple
  3. (informal, masculine) mouth
  4. (Belgium, North, North-America, Switzerland, colloquial, masculine) kiss

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bɛk/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old French bec, from Latin beccus (“beak”), from Gaulish *beccos, from Proto-Celtic *bekkos.

Notes

Sign in to write sticky notes