picca

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *piccus

Noun

picca f (plural picche)

pike
pique, obstinancy, stubbornness, animosity
(in the plural) spades (suit of playing cards)

Latin

Alternative forms

pica, picha, picea, picta

Etymology

Possibly from Vulgar Latin *piccō (“to strike, sting”), possible borrowing from Frankish *pikkōn (“to peck, strike”). Alternatively from Frankish *pīk (compare Dutch pik (“pick, pickaxe”)), or from pīcus (“woodpecker”).

Noun

picca f (genitive piccae); first declension

pickaxe, pike

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	picca	piccae
genitive	piccae	piccārum
dative	piccae	piccīs
accusative	piccam	piccās
ablative	piccā	piccīs
vocative	picca	piccae

Descendants

Old French: pike, pikke
- Middle French: picque, pique
  - French: pique
  - → Dutch: pijk, piek, pike
  - → English: pique
  - → Portuguese: pique
  - → Spanish: pique
- → Middle English: pike, pyke, pyk (partially from Old English pīc)
  - English: pike
- → Irish: píce
Iberian:
- Aragonese: pica
- Asturian: pica
- Old Portuguese: pica
  - Galician: pica
  - Portuguese: pica
- Spanish: pica
Italian: picca
Old Occitan: [Term?]
- Occitan: piqua, (Aranese) pique
- Catalan: pica

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin paucus, from Proto-Italic *paukus, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few”, “little”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpikːa/

Adverb

picca

little, not much
(followed by an adjective) little, not very, poorly

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