pică

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pica"

Romanian

Alternative forms

• пикэ (pică) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Probably from French pique, with the sense of "spite" or "malice" possibly through the intermediate of Greek πίκα (píka), Italian picca, Venetan pica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ka/
• Rhymes: -ikə
• Hyphenation: pi‧că

Noun

pică f (plural pici)

1. spite, malice, enmity, acrimony, ill-feeling

   Synonym: ciudă

2. (card games) spade
3. (archaic) tip of a spear or lance

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	pică	pica		pici	picile
genitive-dative	pici	picii		pici	picilor
vocative	pică, pico			picilor

Further reading

• “pică”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026