trica

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin trica, coined by Erik Acharius in his 1803 work Methodus qua omnes detectos Lichenes. Perhaps connected to Latin trīcae, although the semantic relationship is unclear.

Noun

trica (plural tricae)

1. (lichenology, obsolete, rare) An apothecium in certain lichens, having a spherical surface marked with spiral or concentric ridges and furrows.

References

• “trica”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• TRIAC, Traci, artic, triac

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From tri +‎ -ca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trît͡sa/
• Hyphenation: tri‧ca
• Rhymes: -it͡sa

Noun

trȉca f (Cyrillic spelling три̏ца)

1. three (digit or figure)
2. anything numbered three (playing card, tram, bus, player with a jersey number 3 etc.)
3. the school grade '3'

Declension

Declension of trica

	singular	plural
nominative	trȉca	trice
genitive	trice	trȋcā
dative	trici	tricama
accusative	tricu	trice
vocative	trico	trice
locative	trici	tricama
instrumental	tricom	tricama

Further reading

• “trica”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Etymology 2

See tričàrija.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trît͡sa/
• Hyphenation: tri‧ca
• Rhymes: -it͡sa

Noun

trȉca f (Cyrillic spelling три̏ца)

1. (usually in the plural) trifle, junk

   trice i kučine ― nonsense

Declension

Declension of trica

	singular	plural
nominative	trica	trice
genitive	trice	trica
dative	trici	tricama
accusative	tricu	trice
vocative	trico	trice
locative	trici	tricama
instrumental	tricom	tricama

Further reading

• “trica”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025