different between mic vs speaker

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

From Middle English speker, spekere, an alteration (with change of suffix) of Old English speca, spreca (“speaker”), from Proto-Germanic *sprekô (“speaker”), equivalent to speak +? -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Spreeker (“speaker”), West Frisian sprekker (“speaker”), Dutch spreker (“speaker”), German Low German Spreker (“speaker”), German Sprecher (“speaker”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?spik?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?spi?k?/
• Rhymes: -i?k?(?)

Noun

speaker (plural speakers)

1. One who speaks.
   • 1989, R. Norman Whybray, Ecclesiastes, A&C Black (?ISBN), page 15:

     This title is derived from the first verse of the book (1.1), which is a heading or colophon informing the reader who this Qoheleth was: he was the author of the book, or at least the speaker of the words which are contained in it ...

2. Loudspeaker.

3. Speakerphone.
4. (politics) The chair or presiding officer of certain legislative bodies, such as the U.K. House of Commons or the U.S. House of Representatives.
5. One who makes a speech to an audience.

6. (US) A book containing passages of text for use in speeches.
8. (especially in linguistics) The producer of a given utterance, whether speech or text.
   • 2002, Merlin Donald, A Mind So Rare: The Evolution of Human Consciousness, W. W. Norton & Company (?ISBN), page 242:

     The speaker spelled out the words to be communicated, letter by letter, while the reader's hand read the speaker's message. In its original form the hand alphabet assumed that both speaker and reader could already speak and spell the words ...

   2. (poetry) The literary character uttering the lyrics of a poem or song, as opposed to the author writing the words of that character.

9. (music) A key on a woodwind instrument of the clarinet family (cf octave key on other instruments) which induces the instrument to overblow.

Synonyms

• talker

Translations

Further reading

• Link to web page on Speaker of the House of Commons (3)

Anagrams

• Preseka, parkees, peakers, re-speak, respake, respeak

Brunei Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English speaker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spik?/
• Hyphenation: spea?ker

Noun

speaker

1. (colloquial) loudspeaker

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English speaker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spi.kœ?/

Noun

speaker m (plural speakers, feminine speakerine)

1. announcer
2. speaker (in parliament)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English speaker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?spi.ker/, /?spi.kar/

Noun

speaker m (invariable)

1. announcer, commentator (radio, TV)
2. speaker (parliamentary)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?spike?/, [?spi.ke?]

• IPA^(key): /es?pike?/, [es?pi.ke?]

Noun

speaker m or f (plural speakers or speaker)

1. speaker (in parliament)