different between emic vs mic

English

Etymology

Coined by American linguist Kenneth Pike in 1954 from phonemic.

• 1982, Kenneth Lee Pike, Linguistic Concepts: An Introduction to Tagmemics, page 44:

  Generalizing from phonemics, I coined the term emic in 1954.

Adjective

emic (comparative more emic, superlative most emic)

1. (social sciences) Of or pertaining to the analysis of a cultural system or its features from the perspective of a participant in that culture.
   • 1996, Advanced Methodological Issues in Culturally Competent Evaluation for Substance Abuse Prevention:

     A useful example of the emic-etic distinction may be made by comparing the concept “waves on the ocean or sea” from the perspective of a European American with that of a Truk Islander […] The proposed etics here might be that both cultures understand the use of waves as vehicles for surfing and as movement reflecting the transfer of energy […] certain differences, or emics exist, for European Americans the waves may be sources of beauty — the Truk Islander has learned to use them […] as a road map.

Coordinate terms

• etic

Translations

Anagrams

• ICEM, ICME, cemi, mice

English

Etymology

Abbreviation of microphone. Attested since 1961.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma?k/
• Rhymes: -a?k

Noun

mic (plural mics)

1. Alternative form of mike (“microphone”)
   • 1987, Eric B. & Rakim, I Know You Got Soul

     Picture a mic, the stage is empty

     A beat like this might tempt me

     To pose, show my rings and my fat gold chain

     Grab the mic like I'm on Soul Train

Verb

mic (third-person singular simple present mics, present participle micing or mic'ing, simple past and past participle miced or mic'ed)

1. Alternative form of mike

   If we add the drum kit, we'll have to mic the orchestra.

Derived terms

• mic up

References

• 2010, “On Language: How Should ‘Microphone’ be Abbreviated?”, in New York Times, July 29.

Anagrams

• CIM, CMI, ICM, IMC, MCI

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??c/

Noun

mic m

1. inflection of mac (“son”):
   1. vocative/genitive singular
   2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

Middle Irish

Noun

mic m

1. inflection of mac (“son”):
   1. vocative/genitive singular
   2. nominative plural

Mutation

Romanian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *miccus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (m?kkós, “small”), variant of ?????? (mikrós). Compare Aromanian njic. Cf. also Sicilian nicu, Calabrian miccu, also Italian miccino. May also be related to Latin m?ca (“crumb”); compare mic?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mik]

Adjective

mic m or n (feminine singular mic?, plural mici)

1. little, small

Declension

Antonyms

• mare

Derived terms

• mic?ora
• mici
• mititel
• micu?

Noun

mic m (plural mici, feminine equivalent mic?)

1. little boy, child, toddler, tyke, baby

See also

• prunc, b?iat

Noun

mic m (plural mici)

1. (often in the plural) a dish from Romanian cuisine, consisting of a grilled ground meat roll in cylindrical shape made from a mixture of beef, lamb and pork with spices

   Synonym: mititel

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mi?k?]

Noun

mic m

1. inflection of mac (“son”):
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative plural

Swedish

Noun

mic c

1. (slang for) microphone

References

• korpus