carica

See also: Carica

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Latin carricō (“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 Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• carcai

Latin

Etymology

From the feminine form of the adjective Cāricus (“Carian”), as if by agreement with an understood noun fīcus (“fig”), from Cāria +‎ -icus (adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkaː.ri.ka/, [ˈkäːrɪkä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ri.ka/, [ˈkäːrikä]

Noun

cārica f (genitive cāricae); first declension

1. a type of fig (from Caria)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cārica	cāricae
Genitive	cāricae	cāricārum
Dative	cāricae	cāricīs
Accusative	cāricam	cāricās
Ablative	cāricā	cāricīs
Vocative	cārica	cāricae

Derived terms

• cāricula

References

• carica 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)

Portuguese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɾi.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɾi.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɾi.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈɾi.kɐ/

• Hyphenation: ca‧ri‧ca

Noun

carica f (plural caricas)

1. crown cap (type of bottle cap)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sarìːt͡sa/

Noun

caríca f (male equivalent cār)

1. czarina, tsarina
2. queen
3. empress

Inflection

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