Borrowed fromLatin pīca ( “ jay; magpie ” ) .Doublet ofpie ( “ magpie ” ) .
( pathology ) : From the idea that magpies will eat almost anything.pica (countable anduncountable plural picas
( pathology , usually uncountable ) disorder characterized byappetite andcraving fornon-edible substances , such aschalk ,clay ,dirt ,ice , orsand .Synonyms: allotriophagy chthonophagia cittosis geophagy ( obsolete, rare ) pique 1986 Mental retardation: nature, cause, and management :The three most common nonfoodpicas were eating of strings and rags; feces, vomit, and urine; and paper, cigarettes, and soil.
( countable ) magpie .FromMedieval Latin pica ( “ pica: aservice book ” ) , possibly fromLatin pīca ( “ magpie ” ) after thepiebald appearance of the typeset page (cf.pie ( “ disordered type ” ) ). The relation to the printer's measure is unclear, as no edition of the text in pica type is known. TheFrench pica [ 1]
pica (countable anduncountable plural picas
( typography , printing , uncountable ) size oftype between small pica andEnglish , nowstandardized as 12-point .1790 James Boswell , edited by Danziger & Brady,Boswell: The Great Biographer , Yale, published1989 , page30 :I had been at Baldwin's before dinner in consequence of a letter from him which showed me that, by using apica English letter in printing my book, I might comprise it within such a number of sheets as a guinea-volume should contain[ …]
( typography , uncountable , usually with qualifier) font ofthis size .( typography , countable ) unit oflength equivalent to 12points ,officially 35 ⁄ 83 cm (0.166in ) after 1886 but now( computing ) 1 ⁄ 6 in .Coordinate terms: cicero em en point ( uncommon , ecclesiastical) pie ordirectory : thebook directing Roman Catholic observance ofsaints' days andother feasts undervarious calendars .pica (plural picas
Archaic form ofpika ( “ small lagomorph ” ) 1895 The Royal Natural History , volume 3, page190 :Most travellers in the Himalaya are familiar with the pretty little Rodents, known aspicas , tailless hares, or mouse-hares, which may be seen in the higher regions[ …]
↑1.0 1.1 1.2 Oxford English Dictionary , 3rd ed. "pica,n.1 " & "pica,n.2 ". Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2006.FromLatin pīla ( “ mortar ” ) , with an unexplained change from/l/ to/k/ . CompareSpanish pila ( “ sink, font ” ) .
pica f plural piques
bowl pica beneiteraholy waterfont sink Synonym: lavabo 2006 Sergi Pàmies , “Com dues gotes d'aigua”, inSi menges una llimona sense fer ganyotes [If you eat a lemon without making a face Quan neix, la gota encara no sap que d'aquí a dos segons s'esclafarà contra lapica de la cuina. When it's born, the droplet doesn't yet know that in two seconds it will smash against the kitchen sink. Borrowed fromSpanish pica ( “ pike ” ) .
pica f plural piques
( weaponry ) pike ( card games ) spade Borrowed fromLatin pīca ( “ magpie ” ) .
pica f uncountable
( pathology ) pica ( disorder characterized by craving and appetite for non-edible substances ) Deverbal frompicar
pica f plural piques
peak ,summit Synonyms: pic cim cima Borrowed fromFrench pika
pica f plural piques
pika ( small, furry mammal ) pica
inflection ofpicar third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative pica m plural picas
pipit ( card games ) spade ( a playing card of the suitspades ,picas ) pica
inflection ofpicar third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative pica f plural piche
magpie picacismo FromProto-Italic *peikā Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyk- ( “ woodpecker; magpie ” ) , whence alsoLatin pīcus ( “ woodpecker ” ) .
Romance forms in-e- might reflect a different etymon, such as theUmbrian peico ( acc.sg. ) , where the product of /ei/'s monophthongisation coincided with the latin /ē/. Cognate toSanskrit पिक ( piká ,“ cuckoo ” ) ,German Specht ( “ woodpecker ” ) ,Swedish spett ( “ crowbar, skewer; kind of woodpecker ” ) .
pīca f genitive pīcae first declension
magpie First-declension noun.
Italo-Dalmatian Occitano-Romance Old French:pie see there for further descendants ) Sardinian:piga ( Logudorian ) West Iberian Vulgar Latin:*pēca ( dialectal or from Sabellic ) → Basque:mika pika → Breton:pig → Catalan:pica → English:pica → Romanian:pica “pica Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879 )A Latin Dictionary “pica Charlton T. Lewis (1891 )An Elementary Latin Dictionary , New York: Harper & Brothers "pica ", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis pica FromItalian pizza
pica f 4th declension )
pizza pica Borrowed fromItalian pizza Latvian pica Belarusian Ukrainian пі́ца ( píca ) ,Russian пи́цца ( pícca ) .
picà f plural picos stress pattern 2
pizza “pica Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian 1954–2025
Inherited fromProto-Slavic *piťa
pica f
( attested in Greater Poland ) fodder ,food ,nourishment 1890 Szczątki dawnej polszczyzny [1] Mogilno , page182 :Alimentumpiczą vel pocarm [Alimentumpica vel pokarm] ( attested in Greater Poland ) Confusion of Latinarmentum ( “ draft animal ” ) for Latinalimentum ( “ food, nourishment ” ) or Latinfrūmentum ( “ grain ” ) . 1916 Psałterz puławski [2] Greater Poland , page Hab 29:Nye będzepycze w yaszlyech (non erit armentum in praesaepibus Hab 3, 17) [Nie będziepice w jaślech (non erit armentum in praesaepibus Hab 3, 17)] ( attested in Masovia ) Type oftribute ; free food supply donated to an army. 1863 1447 ], Jan Tadeusz Lubomirski, editor,Kodeks dyplomatyczny księstwa mazowieckiego [3] Masovia , page213 :Ab eisdem serviciis, videlicet portacione pabulorum al.pycza , a coquina... absoluimus et liberamus [Ab eisdem serviciis, videlicet portacione pabulorum al.pica , a coquina... absoluimus et liberamus] Polish:( obsolete ) pica ( “ fodder ” ) Inherited fromProto-Slavic
pica f
( attested in Lesser Poland ) vulva 1874-1891 1447 ],Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności [4] ,[5] ,[6] Lublin , page55 :B. Sieradzka-Baziur , Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015 ), “1. pica ”, inSłownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish IJP PAN ,→ISBN B. Sieradzka-Baziur , Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015 ), “2. pica ”, inSłownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish IJP PAN ,→ISBN Inherited fromOld Polish pica ( “ fodder ” ) .
pica f
( obsolete ) fodder ,forage Synonyms: furaż pasza Inherited fromOld Polish pica ( “ vulva ” ) .
pica f diminutive piczka
( vulgar ) cunt ,pussy ( female genitalia ) Synonyms: cipa pizda psiocha
Rhymes:-ikɐ Hyphenation:pi‧ca Deverbal frompicar
pica f plural picas
( Portugal ) mincing ( historical , rare ) pike ( long spear ) Synonym: pique ( Brazil , colloquial , vulgar ) dick ;prick ;penis Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pénis ( Portugal , childish ) jab ( medical injection ) Synonym: injeção ( Portugal , colloquial ) energy ;power Já estou com apica toda. ―I'm full ofenergy . ( Portugal , colloquial ) enthusiasm ,will Synonym: pique Falta-mepica para continuar o projeto ―I'm lackingenthusiasm to continue with the project. pica m plural picas
( Portugal , informal ) ticket inspector Synonym: revisor ( Portugal , slang ) joint ( marijuana cigarette ) pica m or f plural picas
( Southeast Brazil , vulgar ) awesome ;amazing ;cool Learned borrowing fromLatin pīca
pica f plural picas
( pathology ) pica Borrowed fromEnglish pica Latin pīca
pica f plural picas
( typography , printing , rare ) pica Synonym: paica Frompico ( “ tip ” ) .
pica f plural picas
( Portugal ) dace ;chub ( fish of the genusLeuciscus ) Synonyms: escalo robalinho ( Portugal ) atherine ( fish of the genusAtherina ) Synonym: peixe-rei Borrowed fromFrench pika
pica f plural picas
pika ( mammal of the family Ochotonidae ) Borrowed fromEnglish pic
pica f plural picas
( Brazil , Internet slang , 4chan , humorous ) pic ( short forpicture , meaningimage ) (verify (+ ) this sense?) See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
pica
inflection ofpicar third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative “pica ”, iniDicionário Aulete 2008 –2025 “pica ” inDicionário Aberto based onNovo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo , 1913 “pica ”, inDicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus,2009 –2025 “pica ”, inDicionário inFormal (in Portuguese),2006 –2025 “pica ”, inDicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa 2003 –2025 “pica ”, inMichaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa 2015 –2025 “pica ”, inDicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa 2008 –2025 Frompic Aromanian chicu
IPA (key ) : /piˈka/ Rhymes:-a Hyphenation:pi‧ca a pica (third-person singular present pică past participle picat 1st conjugation
( intransitive ) fall Synonym: cădea ( intransitive , of systems or connections) fail , havedowntime , be interrupted( transitive ) fail anexam Antonyms: promova ( informal ) lua ( transitive , informal ) fail astudent ( intransitive , informal , of examination topics) drawn from a list andassigned , whether individually or collectivelyÎn fiecare an, liceenii se întreabă ce le vapica la bacalaureatul de română. Toți speră că vapica un subiect ușor, cum ar fi basmul sau nuvela. Each year, high schoolers wonder whatthey’ll get for the Romanian language baccalaureate. They all hopeto get an easy subject, such as the folk tale or the short story. ( intransitive ) fall on adate Synonym: cădea ( intransitive , informal , now uncommon , of people) come by ,appear ,show up Synonyms: apărea își face apariția seivi ( intransitive , informal , of things) fall into one’s hands ,fall into one’s lap [with dative ( transitive , archaic ) drops of liquid fall on something or someone( transitive , obsolete ) drip a liquid( transitive or reflexive , obsolete or regional ) stain something, respectively oneself( transitive , regional , uncommon ) hit (in aggression, with a blunt object)While not an absolutely informal word, in cases of synonymypica still is somewhat informal relative tocădea
Borrowed fromFrench piquer
a pica (third-person singular present pichează past participle picat 1st conjugation
( intransitive , aviation ) dive Borrowed fromLatin pīca
pica f uncountable
pica Declension ofpica singular only indefinite definite nominative-accusative pica pica genitive-dative pica pica vocative
pica
definite nominative / accusative singular ofpică pica inDEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române Dictionaries of the Romanian language )Iorgu Iordan ,Alexandru Graur ,Ion Coteanu , editors (1974 ), “picá1 ”, inDicționarul Limbii Române [7] 8, part 2 ,Bucharest :Academy of the Socialist Republic of Romania , pages527–529 Iorgu Iordan ,Alexandru Graur ,Ion Coteanu , editors (1974 ), “picá2 ”, inDicționarul Limbii Române [8] 8, part 2 ,Bucharest :Academy of the Socialist Republic of Romania ,page529 Hypocoristic form derived frompízda ( “ cunt ” ) .
píca f Cyrillic spelling пи́ца
( vulgar , hypocoristic) cunt ,pussy FromItalian pizza
pȉca f Cyrillic spelling пи̏ца
pizza Borrowed fromItalian pizza
pīca f
pizza “pica Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene),2014–2025 IPA (key ) : /ˈpika/ [ˈpi.ka] Rhymes:-ika Syllabification:pi‧ca Deverbal frompicar
pica f plural picas
pike ,lance pick ( digging tool ) ( card games ) spade ( a playing card of the suit spades,picas ) (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
pica f countable anduncountable plural picas
( pathology , usually uncountable ) pica ( a disorder characterized by appetite and craving for non-edible substances ) pica
inflection ofpicar third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative 
pica (disorder) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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