different between pic vs mic

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?k/
• Rhymes: -?k

Etymology 1

Clipping of picture

Noun

pic (plural pics or pix)

1. (informal) A picture, especially a photographic image.
2. (informal) A movie.

Etymology 2

Noun

pic (plural pics)

1. A Turkish cloth measure, varying from 18 to 28 inches.

Anagrams

• CIP, CPI, ICP, IPC, P.C.I., PCI, cpi

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pizzo.

Noun

pic m (indefinite plural pica, definite singular pici, definite plural picat)

1. (nonstandard) tip, top, end

Derived terms

References

Catalan

Etymology

From picar.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?pik/
• Rhymes: -ik

Noun

pic m (plural pics)

1. pickaxe
2. peak (of a mountain)
3. peak (moment of maximum intensity)
4. knock, strike, blow
5. prick, sting
6. (typography) dot, bullet
7. (Mallorca) time (occasion)

Synonyms

• (peak): cim, pica
• (strike): cop
• (occasion): vegada
• (dot, prick): punt

Further reading

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

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pik/

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *piccus, from Latin p?cus.

Noun

pic m (plural pics)

1. woodpecker
2. pick (tool)

Derived terms

• pic à glace
• pic vert, pivert

See also

• piquer

Etymology 2

Probably from Spanish pico.

Noun

pic m (plural pics)

1. peak, summit

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Irish

Etymology

Middle Irish pic, picc, from Latin pix.

Noun

pic f (genitive singular pice)

1. pitch, tar

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• "pic" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Middle English

Verb

pic

1. Alternative form of piken

Old English

Etymology

From Latin pix.

Noun

pi? n

1. pitch

Declension

Derived terms

• pi?en
• pi?ian

Descendants

• Middle English: picche, piche, pich
  • English: pitch
    • ? Galician: piche
    • ? Portuguese: piche
  • Scots: pick

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) , “pi?”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Old French

Alternative forms

• pik

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *piccus (“sharp point”)

Noun

pic m (oblique plural pis, nominative singular pis, nominative plural pic)

1. a sharp point or spike.

Descendants

• Middle French: pic
  • French: pic

Polabian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pe??.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pit?s/

Noun

pic f

1. furnace, oven

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?it?s/

Noun

pic m inan

1. (colloquial) fib, hoax, lie

   Synonyms: blaga, oszustwo

Declension

Derived terms

• (verb) picowa?
• (nouns) picownik

Further reading

• pic in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• pic in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Probably onomatopoetic.

Noun

pic n (plural picuri)

1. a drop (of water)

Derived terms

• pica
• picur
• picura
• pic?tur?

Adverb

pic

1. little (not much)

Synonyms

• oleac? (colloquial)
• ni?el (colloquial)
• ?âr? (colloquial)

Usage notes

• When used as an adverb (in the sense of "little"/"small amount"), pic is always preceded by un, similar to Italian/Spanish un poco, or French un peu.

See also

• pu?in

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• pìc

Etymology

Borrowed from English pike

Noun

pic f (plural picean)

1. pike, spear
2. pickaxe

Derived terms

• pic-catha

Further reading

• MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911) , “pic”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, ?ISBN, page pic

Slovene

Noun

píc

1. genitive plural of pica

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