different between mic vs fic

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

English

Etymology

A shortening of fanfic, itself a shortening of fan fiction.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?k/

Noun

fic (countable and uncountable, plural fics)

1. (slang, countable) A fictional story set within a preexisting fandom; a fanfic.

Derived terms

Anagrams

• CFI, CIF, FCI, ICF, IFC

Albanian

Etymology

From an unattested *fij, from Proto-Albanian *spija, cognate with Sanskrit ??????? (spháyate, “to become fat”), Proto-Slavic *sp?ti (“to ripen”).

Verb

fic (first-person singular past tense fica, participle ficur)

1. to make soft

Related terms

• butë

References

Middle English

Noun

fic

1. Alternative form of fyke

Old English

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *f?ca, from Latin f?cus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi?k/

Noun

f?c m

1. a fig or fig tree
2. piles, hemorrhoids

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Middle English: fike, fyke
  • English: fike