carica

See also: Carica

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.ri.ka/
• Rhymes: -arika
• Hyphenation: cà‧ri‧ca

Etymology 1

From Late Latin carricāre (“to load, to charge”).

Noun

carica f (plural cariche)

1. position
2. load
3. (military) charge

Related terms

• caricare

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

carica

1. feminine singular of carico

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

carica

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

Further reading

• “carica”, in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• “carica” in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• “carica” in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• “carica” in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• “càrica¹” in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• “càrica”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• carcai

Latin

Etymology

Ellipsis of Cārica fīcus f (“Carian fig”), from the feminine of the adjective Cāricus (“Carian”), from Cāria +‎ -icus (adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• cārica:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkaː.rɪ.ka]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkaː.ri.ka]
  • Hyphenation: cā‧ri‧ca
• cārica:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkaː.rɪ.ka]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkaː.ri.ka]
  • Hyphenation: cā‧ri‧cā

Noun

cārica f (genitive cāricae); first declension

1. a type of fig from Caria

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cārica	cāricae
genitive	cāricae	cāricārum
dative	cāricae	cāricīs
accusative	cāricam	cāricās
ablative	cāricā	cāricīs
vocative	cārica	cāricae

Derived terms

• cāricula

References

• cārica in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 1000
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “carica”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
• “cārĭca”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 266, column 3.
• Latino-Sinicum [ = 無花果乾/无花果干 (wúhuāguǒ gān)], in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• "CARICA", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɾi.kɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈɾi.kɐ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil, Portugal) -ikɐ
• Hyphenation: ca‧ri‧ca

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

carica f (plural caricas)

2. crown cap (a type of bottle cap made by pressing a circular piece of metal around the top of the bottle)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

carica

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

Further reading

• “carica”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “carica”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sârit͡sa/
• Hyphenation: ca‧ri‧ca

Noun

cȁrica f (Cyrillic spelling ца̏рица)

1. czarina, tsarina
2. empress

Declension

Declension of carica

	singular	plural
nominative	carica	carice
genitive	carice	carica
dative	carici	caricama
accusative	caricu	carice
vocative	carice	carice
locative	carici	caricama
instrumental	caricom	caricama

Slovene

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Compare Russian цари́ца (caríca).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sarìːt͡sa/

Noun

caríca f (male equivalent cār)

1. czarina, tsarina
2. queen
3. empress

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	caríca
gen. sing.	caríce
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	caríca	caríci	caríce
genitive (rodȋlnik)	caríce	caríc	caríc
dative (dajȃlnik)	caríci	carícama	carícam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	caríco	caríci	caríce
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	caríci	carícah	carícah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	caríco	carícama	carícami

Further reading

• “carica”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “carica”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references