mica
English
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mīca (“grain, crumb”).
Pronunciation
Noun
mica (countable and uncountable, plural micas)
- (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 Lua error in Module:etymology at line 170: Old Occitan (pro) is not set as an ancestor of Catalan (ca) in Module:languages/data/2. The ancestor of Catalan is Old Catalan (roa-oca). (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)
- a bit, a small piece
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Etymology 2
Noun
mica f (plural miques)
Further reading
- “mica” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
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mica f (plural micas)
Galician
Etymology
Noun
mica f (uncountable)
Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Latin mīca, from Proto-Italic *smīkā, from Proto-Indo-European *smeyg- (“small, thin, delicate”).
Noun
mica f (plural miche)
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Adverb
mica
- (colloquial) not
- Mica male! ― Not bad!
- (colloquial) hardly, you know
- Mica sono stupido
- I’m hardly stupid; I’m not stupid, you know
- (colloquial) bit
- Non è mica cambiato ― It hasn't changed one bit
- (colloquial) at all
- Non costa mica molto ― It is not at all expensive
- (colloquial) by any chance
- Non hai mica trovato il mio portafoglio?
- Have you seen my wallet by any chance?
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin mīca, the same source as the above.
Noun
mica f (plural miche)
- (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
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmiː.ka/, [ˈmiːkä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmi.ka/, [ˈmiːkä]
Noun
mīca f (genitive mīcae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | mīca | mīcae |
Genitive | mīcae | mīcārum |
Dative | mīcae | mīcīs |
Accusative | mīcam | mīcās |
Ablative | mīcā | mīcīs |
Vocative | mīca | mīcae |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Eastern Romance:
- Romanian: mică
- Italian: mica
- Old French: mie
- French: mie
- Old Galician-Portuguese: miga
- Old Spanish: miga
- Spanish: miga
- → English: mica
- → French: mica
- → Galician: mica
- → Portuguese: mica
- → Spanish: mica
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *micca
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 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.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mīca. Compare the inherited doublet miga.
Noun
mica f (plural micas)
- (mineralogy) mica (hydrous aluminosilicate mineral)
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mica
Romanian
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mica
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mīca. Compare the inherited doublet miga.
Pronunciation
Noun
mica f (plural micas)
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