different between mica vs aventurine

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin m?ca (“grain, crumb”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: m?k?, IPA^(key): /?ma?k?/
• Rhymes: -a?k?

Noun

mica (countable and uncountable, plural micas)

2. (mineralogy) Any of a group of hydrous aluminosilicate minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic.

Translations

See also

• biotite
• lepidolite
• muscovite
• paragonite
• phlogopite

Further reading

• mica on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• -amic, -icam, ACMI, CIMA, CMIA, Maci, aMCI, amic, cami, cima, iMac

Catalan

Etymology 1

From Old Occitan [Term?] (compare Occitan mica), from Vulgar Latin *micca, variant of Latin m?ca, from Proto-Italic *sm?k?, from Proto-Indo-European *smeyg- (“small, thin, delicate”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?mi.k?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?mi.ka/

Noun

mica f (plural miques)

1. a bit, a small piece

Derived terms

• de mica en mica
• miqueta
• una mica
• una mica de

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin m?ca.

Noun

mica f (plural miques)

1. (mineralogy) mica

Further reading

• “mica” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin m?ca.

Pronunciation

Noun

mica f (plural micas)

1. (mineralogy) mica

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin m?ca.

Noun

mica f (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) mica

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mi.ka/

Etymology 1

From Latin m?ca, from Proto-Italic *sm?k?, from Proto-Indo-European *smeyg- (“small, thin, delicate”).

Noun

mica f (plural miche)

1. (archaic or literary) breadcrumb
2. (by extension) bit, morsel

   Synonym: minuzzolo

Related terms

• micella

Adverb

mica

1. (colloquial) not

2. (colloquial) hardly, you know

3. (colloquial) bit

4. (colloquial) at all

5. (colloquial) by any chance

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin m?ca, the same source as the above.

Noun

mica f (plural miche)

1. (mineralogy) mica (mineral)

Anagrams

• cima

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain:

• traditionally derived from Proto-Italic *sm?k?, from Proto-Indo-European *smeyg- (“small, thin, delicate”), related to Ancient Greek (?)?????? ((s)m?krós) and smicker - details there.
• in view of meaning (1), De Vaan (2008) with Nyman (1987) prefer Proto-Italic *meik? (“a glittering particle”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyk- (“to blink”), whence also mic? .

Attested from Cato onwards.

A number of Romance forms, eg. Romanian mic, Calabrian miccu, reflect an unattested adjective *m?ccus - this is probably unrelated, being a borrowing from Ancient Greek ?????? (m?kkós), variant of ?????? (m?krós, “small”); the form *m?cca is associated with the meaning “loaf of bread” particularly in Gallo-Romance and Gallo-Italic.

Alternative forms

• m?cca (reconstructed)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?mi?.ka/, [?mi?kä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?mi.ka/, [?mi?k?]

Noun

m?ca f (genitive m?cae); first declension

1. a grain (esp. a glittering one: of salt, marble, etc.), crumb
2. (Medieval Latin, Gallia) a miche (a round loaf of brown bread)
3. (New Latin, mineralogy) mica

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• m?c?rius
• m?cidus
• m?c?na
• m?cula
• m?c?

Descendants

References

• “m?ca” in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) , “m?ca”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ?ISBN, page 378

Further reading

• mica in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mica in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mica in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• mica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin m?ca. Compare the inherited doublet miga.

Noun

mica f (plural micas)

1. (mineralogy) mica (hydrous aluminosilicate mineral)

Related terms

• micela
• miga
• migalha

Verb

mica

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

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?mi.ka]

Adjective

mica

1. definite nominative feminine singular of mic
2. definite accusative feminine singular of mic

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin m?ca. Compare the inherited doublet miga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mika/, [?mi.ka]

Noun

mica f (plural micas)

1. (mineralogy) mica

Related terms

• micáceo
• miga, migaja

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French aventurine, from Italian avventurino, from avventurare (“to venture; to make lucky or prosperous”), from avventura (“chance; adventure, venture”) + -are (suffix forming the infinitive of most regular verbs), apparently so named because it was discovered by accident in Murano, Italy, when brass or copper filings were dropped into melted glass (see, however, the 1843 quotation).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??v?nt?????n/, /-tj??-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??v?nt?????n/, /-i?n/
• Hyphenation: aven?tur?ine

Noun

aventurine (countable and uncountable, plural aventurines)

1. A kind of brownish glass containing gold-coloured spangles.

   Synonym: goldstone
2. (mineralogy, by extension) A variety of translucent quartz, spangled throughout with scales of yellow mica.

Alternative forms

• avanturine
• aventurin

Derived terms

• aventurescence
• aventurization

Translations

See also

• sunstone

References

Further reading

• aventurine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “aventurine”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.
• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Avanturine”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database

Anagrams

• uninervate

French

Etymology

From aventure +? -ine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.v??.ty.?in/

Noun

aventurine f (plural aventurines)

1. aventurine

Further reading

• “aventurine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).