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mica

See also: Mica, Míča, mică, and míca

English

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A sheet of mica

Etymology

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

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Noun

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mica (countable and uncountable, plural micas)

  2. (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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Aragonese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmika/
  • Rhymes: -ika
  • Syllabification: mi‧ca

Etymology 1

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Vulgar Latin *mīcca, from Latin mīca (“crumb”) with expression gemination of /k/. Compare Occitan mica and Catalan mica.

Noun

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mica f

  1. a bit, a small piece

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mica

  1. a bit, few
  2. (in negative phrases) at all
    No me fa mica goi. ― I don't like it at all.
  3. any
    No gastes mica d’aceite ― Don't use any oil
    No queda mica de sal. ― There isn't any salt left.

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Latin mīca.

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mica f

  1. (mineralogy) mica

Catalan

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Catalan mica, from Vulgar Latin *mīcca, from Latin mīca (“crumb”) with expression gemination of /k/. Compare Occitan mica and Aragonese mica.

Noun

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mica f (plural miques)

  1. a bit, a small piece
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Latin mīca.

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mica f (plural miques)

  1. (mineralogy) mica

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin mīca.

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  • Hyphenation: mi‧ca

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mica n (plural mica's)

  1. (mineralogy) mica

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin mīca. Doublet of mie and miche.

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mica f (plural micas)

  1. (mineralogy) mica

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Galician

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin mīca.

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mica f (uncountable)

  1. (mineralogy) mica

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmi.ka/
  • Rhymes: -ika
  • Hyphenation: mì‧ca

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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mica f (plural miche)

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

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

Noun

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mica f (plural miche)

  1. (mineralogy) mica (mineral)

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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  • mīcca (attested in 1485, Du Cange)

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Uncertain:

Attested from Cato onwards.

A number of Romance forms, e.g. Romanian mic, Neapolitan miccu, Calabrian/Sicilian miccu, reflect an unattested adjective *mīccus. This is probably unrelated, being a borrowing from Ancient Greek μῑκκός (mīkkós), variant of μῑκρός (mīkrós, “small”); the form *mīcca is associated with the meaning “loaf of bread” particularly in Gallo-Romance and Gallo-Italic.[1]

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Noun

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mīca f (genitive mīcae); first declension

  1. a grain (esp. a glittering one: of salt, marble, etc.), crumb
  2. (Medieval Latin, Gallia) a miche (a round loaf of brown bread)
  3. (New Latin, mineralogy) mica

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First-declension noun
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

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  • Eastern Romance:
    • Romanian: mică
  • Italian: mica
  • Old French: mie
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: miga
  • Old Spanish: miga
  • → English: mica
  • → French: mica
  • → Galician: mica
  • → Portuguese: mica
  • → Spanish: mica
  • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *mīcca

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  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “mīca”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 6/2: Mercatio–Mneme, page 76

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  • “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • mica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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  • Hyphenation: mi‧ca

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin mīca. Doublet of miga.

Noun

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mica f (plural micas)

  1. (mineralogy) mica (hydrous aluminosilicate mineral)
    Synonym: (Brazil) malacacheta
  2. (Portugal) sheet protector (clear plastic sleeve for documents)
  3. (electronics) mica insulator
    1. (by extension) any such insulator
      mica de silicone
      silicone insulator
  4. a little bit, crum
  5. (Portugal, regional) goat
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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mica

  1. inflection of micar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Romanian

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Adjective

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mica

  1. definite nominative/accusative feminine singular of mic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin mīca. Compare the inherited doublet miga.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmika/ [ˈmi.ka]
  • Rhymes: -ika
  • Syllabification: mi‧ca

Noun

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mica f (plural micas)

  1. (mineralogy) mica
  2. (playground games, uncountable, El Salvador) tag, it (children's chasing game)
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