parsec

Contraction of parallax second.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑɹ.sɛk/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑː.sɛk/

parsec (plural parsecs)

1. (astronomy, metrology) Short for parallax second.

   Synonyms: pc, (obsolete) psc, second of parallax

   • 1977, Star Wars, spoken by Han Solo and Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi (Harrison Ford and Alec Guinness), →OCLC:

     Han Solo: Fast ship? You've never heard of the Millennium Falcon?
     Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi: Should I have?
     Han Solo: It's the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs. I've outrun Imperial starships. Not the local bulk cruisers mind you, I'm talking about the big Corellian ships now. She's fast enough for you old man.

• light year

• CASREP, Casper, Pacers, Scaper, capers, crapes, e-scrap, escarp, pacers, recaps, scaper, scrape, secpar, spacer

Borrowed from English parsec, contraction of parallax second.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑr.sɛk/

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• Hyphenation: par‧sec

parsec m (plural parsecs)

1. parsec

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parsec m (plural parsecs)

1. parsec

• “parsec”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from English parsec.

parsec m (invariable)

1. parsec

• crespa, pascer, scarpe, scerpa, spreca

Unadapted borrowing from English parsec.

parsec m (plural parsecs)

1. (astronomy) parsec (a unit of length, about 3.26 lightyears)

Borrowed from French parsec.

parsec m (plural parseci)

1. parsec

• pársec

Borrowed from English parsec.

• IPA^(key): /paɾˈsek/ [paɾˈsek]
• Rhymes: -ek
• Syllabification: par‧sec

parsec m (plural parsecs)

1. parsec

• “parsec”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014