Translingual

Pica pica

Proper noun

Pica f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Corvidae – the magpies.

Hyponyms

• (genus): Aves - class; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Passeriformes - order; Passeri - suborder; Corvida - parvorder; Corvoidea - superfamily; Corvidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Pica hudsonia (black-billed magpie), Pica nuttalli (yellow-billed magpie), Pica pica (European magpie) (species)

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276

English

Noun

pica ‎(usually uncountable, plural picas)

1. (medicine) A disorder characterized by craving and appetite for non-edible substances, such as ice, clay, chalk, dirt, or sand.
   • 1986, George S Baroff, Mental retardation: nature, cause, and management:

     The three most common nonfood picas were eating of strings and rags; feces, vomit, and urine; and paper, cigarettes, and soil.

Synonyms

• chthonophagia
• allotriophagy
• geophagy

Translations

Etymology 2

From Medieval Latin pica ‎(“pica: a service book”), possibly from Latin pīca ‎(“magpie”) after the piebald 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. The French pica derives from English rather than vice versa.^[1]

Noun

pica ‎(countable and uncountable, plural picas)

1. (typography, printing, uncountable) A size of type between small pica and English, standardized as 12-point.
2. (typography, uncountable, usually with qualifier) A font of this size.
3. (typography, countable) A unit of length equivalent to 12 points, officially ³⁵⁄₈₃ cm (0.166 in) after 1886 but now (computing) ¹⁄₆ in.
4. (uncommon, ecclesiastical) A pie or directory: the book directing Roman Catholic observance of saints' days and other feasts under various calendars.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• cicero
• em
• en
• point

Etymology 3

Noun

pica ‎(plural picas)

1. Archaic form of pika. (small rodent)
   • 1895, Richard Lydekker, The Royal Natural History (volume 3, page 190)

     Most travellers in the Himalaya are familiar with the pretty little Rodents, known as picas, tailless hares, or mouse-hares, which may be seen in the higher regions […]

Anagrams

• ACPI, paci

References

1. 1 2 3 Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "pica, n.¹" & "pica, n.²". Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2006.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ˈpikə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈpika/

Noun

pica f ‎(plural piques)

1. bowl
2. sink

Galician

Noun

pica m ‎(plural picas)

1. pipit
2. (card games) spade (a playing card of the suit spades, picas)

Verb

pica

1. third-person singular present indicative of comer
2. second-person singular imperative of comer

Latin

Alternative forms

• peca

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyk- ‎(“woodpecker; magpie”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpiː.ka/

Noun

pīca f ‎(genitive pīcae); first declension

1. magpie

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

References

• pica in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pica in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• PICA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Old Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *piťa.

Noun

pica f

1. fodder, forage

Portuguese

Noun

pica f (plural picas)

1. (slang) dick; prick; ****
2. (Portugal) jab (medical injection)

Verb

pica

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of picar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of picar

Romanian

Etymology

From pic. Compare also Aromanian chicu, chicare.

Verb

a pica ‎(third-person singular present pică, past participle picat) 1st conj.

1. (of a liquid) to drip
2. (literally and figuratively) to fall
3. to fail
4. to come unexpectedly

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (drip): picura
• (fall): cădea

Derived terms

• picătură

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Hypocoristic form derived from pízda ‎(“****”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pǐːtsa/
• Hyphenation: pi‧ca

Noun

píca f ‎(Cyrillic spelling пи́ца)

1. (vulgar, hypocoristic) ****, pussy

Declension

Etymology 2

From Italian pizza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pîtsa/
• Hyphenation: pi‧ca

Noun

pȉca f ‎(Cyrillic spelling пи̏ца)

1. pizza

Declension

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpìːtsa/, /ˈpíːtsa/
• Tonal orthography: píca, pȋca

Noun

píca f ‎(genitive píce, nominative plural píce)

1. pizza

Declension

Spanish

Noun

pica f ‎(plural picas)

1. pike, lance
2. pick (digging tool)
3. (card games) spade (a playing card of the suit spades, picas)

Derived terms

• sacar picas

See also

Suits in Spanish · palos (layout · text)
corazones	diamantes	picas	tréboles

Verb

pica

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of picar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of picar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of picar.