different between mich vs mic

English

Verb

mich (third-person singular simple present miches, present participle miching, simple past and past participle miched)

1. Alternative form of mitch

Anagrams

• chim

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German mich (“me”). Cognate with German mich.

Pronoun

mich

1. (Sette Comuni) accusative of ich: me

See also

References

• “mich” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

German

Etymology

From Middle High German mich, from Old High German mih, from Proto-Germanic *mek, from Proto-Indo-European *me (“me”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?ç/

Pronoun

mich

1. accusative of ich: me

Further reading

• “mich” in Duden online

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German mich, from Old High German mih, from Proto-Germanic *mek, from Proto-Indo-European *me (“me”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?ç/

Pronoun

mich

1. stressed and unstressed accusative of ich: me.

Inflection

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Limburgish

Pronunciation

• (most dialects) IPA^(key): /m?x/
• (Maastricht) IPA^(key): /mix/
• (Cleverlandic dialects) IPA^(key): /m?k/

Pronoun

mich

1. accusative of ich: me

Middle High German

Etymology

From Old High German mih, from Proto-Germanic *mek, from Proto-Indo-European *me (“me”).

Pronoun

mich

1. me: accusative singular of ich

Descendants

• Alemannic German: mich, mi
• Central Franconian: mich
• Cimbrian: mich
• East Central German: mihch, mich, miech
• German: mich
• Hunsrik: mich
• Luxembourgish: mech
• Pennsylvania German: mich
• Yiddish: ???? (mikh)

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German mich.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?ç/

Pronoun

mich

1. me

Declension

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?ix/

Noun

mich f

1. genitive plural of micha

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *mugj?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?x/

Noun

mich c (plural miggen, diminutive michje)

1. fly
2. mosquito
3. shorty; short person

Derived terms

• miggesiftsje

Further reading

• “mich”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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