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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PICUL

From Malay pīkul a grown man's load.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PICUL

picul  [ˈpɪkəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PICUL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Picul is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PICUL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

picul

Picul

A picul /ˈpɪkəl/ or tam is a traditional Asian unit of weight, defined as "a shoulder-load, as much as a man can carry on a shoulder-pole".

Definition of picul in the English dictionary

The definition of picul in the dictionary is a unit of weight, used in China, Japan, and SE Asia, equal to approximately 60 kilograms or 133 pounds.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PICUL


apical
ˈæpɪkəl
archetypical
ˌɑːkɪˈtɪpɪkəl
atypical
eɪˈtɪpɪkəl
intertropical
ˌɪntəˈtrɒpɪkəl
microscopical
ˌmaɪkrəˈskɒpɪkəl
Neotropical
ˌniːəʊˈtrɒpɪkəl
nontypical
ˌnɒnˈtɪpɪkəl
pantropical
pænˈtrɒpɪkəl
phenotypical
ˌfiːnəʊˈtɪpɪkəl
pical
ˈpɪkəl
pickle
ˈpɪkəl
prototypical
ˌprəʊtəʊˈtɪpɪkəl
semitropical
ˌsɛmɪˈtrɒpɪkəl
stereotypical
ˌsterɪəˈtɪpɪkəl
subapical
sʌbˈæpɪkəl
subtropical
sʌbˈtrɒpɪkəl
topical
ˈtɒpɪkəl
tropical
ˈtrɒpɪkəl
typical
ˈtɪpɪkəl
untypical
ʌnˈtɪpɪkəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PICUL

picture postcard
picture rail
picture show
picture tube
picture window
picture writing
picture-framer
picture-framing
picture-in-picture
picture-postcard
picturegoer
picturephone
pictures
picturesque
picturesquely
picturesqueness
picturisation
picturization
picturize

WORDS THAT END LIKE PICUL

beautiful
caracul
careful
colorful
grateful
helpful
hopeful
in the long haul
Istanbul
Jul
meaningful
painful
Paul
powerful
scul
Seoul
soul
successful
useful
wonderful

Synonyms and antonyms of picul in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «picul» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PICUL

Find out the translation of picul to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of picul from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «picul» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

picul
570 millions of speakers

English

picul
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

picul
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

picul
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

picul
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

picul
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

picul
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

picul
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Picul
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

picul
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ピクル
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

picul
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Piknik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

picul
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

picul
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पिकुल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

picul
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

picul
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

picul
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

picul
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

picul
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

picul
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

picul
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

picul
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

picul
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of picul

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PICUL»

The term «picul» is normally little used and occupies the 133.784 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PICUL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «picul» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «picul» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about picul

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PICUL»

Discover the use of picul in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to picul and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Narrative of Four Voyages to the South Sea, North and ...
The reader will bear in mind that 100 rattles are equal to one picul, being I334.tba avoirdupois. tASTIR* 4RTlcI.i». From Bees'-wax, per picul $35 Biche-de-mrr( tripang),first sort, per pteul 45 inferior, per picul S0 Isle of France, per picul 10 ...
Benjamin Morrell, 1832
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Suzhou: Where the Goods of All the Provinces Converge
bThis was to eliminate an anomaly in the four-step method: those who held 0.4 picul land had a total obligation of 0.4065 piculs per mu; those who held land rated as 0.392 picul land had a total burden of 0.574 piculs per mu. The reforms of ...
Michael Marme, 2005
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War, Trade and Piracy in the China Seas (1622-1683)
Silver coins 3,266 pieces 1 3,266 Pepper 411 1/2 picul 13 5,349.5 Long pepper 7 picul 10 70 Ambergris 1.625 catty (26 taels) 25 40.625 Merstoff (?) 1/4 catty (4 taels) Rhinoceros horn 210 pieces 1 210 Elephant tusks 40 1/2 picul 50 2,025 ...
Weichung Cheng, 2013
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China opened: or a display of the topography, history, ...
Common, 300 per picul; woollen, 80 per piece; flannel, 40. Silk stockings, per hundred pair, 800; ditto, cotton, 400; ditto, worsted, per picul, 200. Boots, per hundred pair, 1000. Hats, per picul, 300. 2. Eatables. — Peas, per picul, 100; flour, 50.
Carl F. Gützlaff, Andrew Reed, 1838
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China opened; or, A display of the topography, history ... ...
Common, 300 per picul; woollen, 80 per piece; flannel, 40. Silk stockings, per hundred pair, 800; ditto, cotton, 400; ditto, worsted, per picul, 200. Boots, per hundred pair, 1000. Hats, per picul, 300. 2. Eatables. — Peas, per picul, 100; flour, 50.
Karl Friedrich A. Gützlaff, Andrew Reed, 1838
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The Malay Handloom Weavers: A Study of the Rise and Decline ...
For instance, 933 picul (1 picul = 33.33 lb.) of English cotton twist was imported into Singapore in 1836. Table 6 shows that the eastern states of the Malay Peninsula imported 471 picul of cotton twist from Singapore during the same year , while ...
Maznah Mohamad, 1996
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Trade and Trade Barriers in the Pacific
1 i 6.5 G.U. per 100 kg. i M G.U. per picul 2.4 G.U. per picul 2.4 G.U. per picul 2.4 G.U. per picul 3.9 G.U. per picul ft Rice and Paddy IS J3Jsm*+3:j3 11 =§ 5 J all M Quantity billians of lbs. 11 fi Raw Cotton a 3X35523 S&ajSSSS • 1.20 Hk. T. per ...
Trade and Trade Barriers in the Pacific
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Otter Skins, Boston Ships and China Goods: The Maritime Fur ...
No more comprehensive or painstakingly researched account of the maritime fur trade of the Northwest Coast has ever been written. James R. Gibson is a professor in the Department of Geography, York University.
James R. Gibson, 1999
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Academies and Society in Southern Sung China
5b) MONTHLY SALARIES Headmaster: 100 strings Bursar (ch'ien-liang kuan): 20 strings Dean (t'ang-chang): 100 strings; 2 piculs (hulled rice) Registrar (t'ang- lu): 60 strings; 1 picul, 2 tou (hulled rice) Lecturers (chiang shu): 50 strings; 1 picul, ...
Linda A. Walton, 1999
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Tonino Picul
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Tonino Picula (born August 31, 1961 in Mali Lo inj, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia) is a Croatian politician of the left-oriented Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP).
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PICUL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term picul is used in the context of the following news items.
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Imports blamed as pork prices up 31pc in month
Hong Kong Fresh Meat United reported the price per picul (about 60 kilograms) had climbed from HK$1,200 in January to HK$1,400 in July. «Hong Kong Standard, Jul 15»
2
Rugby players' game ready
Jimmy Picul was easily hoisted into the air to grab any and all balls in the lineouts. Jacob Simmonds and Adam Fiebelkorn both played hard ... «Salmon Arm Observer, Mar 15»
3
The Changeling
What's being said on Twitter? @picul Just got in from press night for #SWPChangeling @The_Globe in which Trystan Gravelle was AMAZING. «Official London Theatre, Jan 15»
4
Fresh meat prices to remain stable: wholesalers
Fresh pork prices dropped to the lowest in three years in May 2014 at 1,270 patacas per picul (one picul is roughly 60.5 kilogrammes). «Macau News, Jan 15»
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Sugar workers in Negros Oriental deprived of cash bonus, social …
Today, lien is P10 ($0.74) per picul (equivalent to 63 kilograms of sugar). The law mandates that 80 percent of the SAF be distributed as cash ... «Bulatlat, Oct 14»
6
P14M approved for Visayas sugar workers affected by Yolanda
The SAP, administered by the DOLE, is financed by a lien of P10 collected per picul (63.25 kg) of sugar produced. Eighty percent of the lien is ... «GMA News, Jan 14»
7
The Best Management Advice From 'The Art Of War'
One cartload of the enemy's provisions is equivalent to 20 of one's own, and likewise a single picul of his provender is equivalent to 20 from ... «Business Insider Australia, Jan 14»
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P14M fund approved for employment of Yolanda-stricken sugar …
Administered by the DOLE, the SAP is financed by a P10 lien on every picul (63.25 kilograms) of sugar produced. Eighty percent of the lien is ... «InterAksyon, Dec 13»
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Sun Tzu's The Art of War, Illustrated (Chapter 2: Waging War)
One cartload of the enemy's provisions is equivalent to twenty of one's own, and likewise a single picul of his provender is equivalent to twenty ... «Forbes, Oct 13»
10
Benitez mulls programs for sugar farmers' kids
When the law took effect in crop year 1991-92, the lien started at P5 per picul, the then traditional measure for sugar which is roughly equivalent ... «Sun.Star, May 13»

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« EDUCALINGO. Picul [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/picul>. May 2024 ».
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