mica

See also: mică

English

A sheet of mica

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mīca (“grain, crumb”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: mīkə, IPA(key): /ˈmaɪkə/
  • Rhymes: -aɪkə

Noun

mica (countable and uncountable, plural micas)

  1. (mineralogy) Any of a group of hydrous aluminosilicate minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic.

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Catalan

Etymology 1

From Old Occitan [Term?] (compare Occitan mica), from Vulgar Latin *micca, variant of Latin mīca, from Proto-Italic *smīkā, from Proto-Indo-European *smeyg- (“small, thin, delicate”).

Pronunciation

Noun

mica f (plural miques)

  1. a bit, a small piece

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin mīca.

Noun

mica f (plural miques)

  1. mica

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Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mica.

Noun

mica f (uncountable)

  1. mica

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin mīca, from Proto-Italic *smīkā, from Proto-Indo-European *smeyg- (“small, thin, delicate”).

Noun

mica f (plural miche)

  1. (archaic or literary) breadcrumb
  2. (by extension) bit, morsel
    Synonym: minuzzolo

Adverb

mica

  1. (colloquial) not
    Mica male! ― Not bad!
  2. (colloquial) hardly, you know
    Mica sono stupido
    I’m hardly stupid; I’m not stupid, you know
  3. (colloquial) bit
    Non è mica cambiato ― It hasn't changed one bit
  4. (colloquial) at all
    Non costa mica molto ― It is not at all expensive
  5. (colloquial) by any chance
    Non hai mica trovato il mio portafoglio?
    Have you seen my wallet by any chance?

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mīca, the same source as the above.

Noun

mica f (plural miche)

  1. (mineralogy) mica (mineral)

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *smīkā, from Proto-Indo-European *smeyg- (“small, thin, delicate”), related to Old English smicor (“beauteous, beautiful, elegant, fair, fine, tasteful”). More at smicker.

Pronunciation

Noun

mīca f (genitive mīcae); first declension

  1. crumb, morsel, grain
  2. (New Latin) mica (mineral)

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative mīca mīcae
genitive mīcae mīcārum
dative mīcae mīcīs
accusative mīcam mīcās
ablative mīcā mīcīs
vocative mīca mīcae

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Descendants

References

  • mica in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mica in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mica in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • mica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mīca. Compare the inherited doublet miga.

Noun

mica f (plural micas)

  1. mica (hydrous aluminosilicate mineral)

Verb

mica

  1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of micar
  2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of micar

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmi.ka]

Adjective

mica

  1. definite feminine singular nominative form of mic
  2. definite feminine singular accusative form of mic

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mīca. Compare the inherited doublet miga.

Noun

mica f (plural micas)

  1. (mineralogy) mica
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