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)
- spite, malice, enmity, acrimony, ill-feeling
- Synonym: ciudă
- (card games) spade
- (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