different between pickaxe vs picka

pickaxe

English

Alternative forms

  • pickax
  • pick-axe

Etymology

From Old French picois, later alteration due to folk etymology association with pick and axe.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /?p?k?æks/

Noun

pickaxe (plural pickaxes)

  1. A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle; one end of the head is pointed, the other has a chisel edge.

Translations

Verb

pickaxe (third-person singular simple present pickaxes, present participle pickaxing, simple past and past participle pickaxed)

  1. To use a pickaxe.

Translations

pickaxe From the web:

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picka

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish pikka, from Old Norse, from Proto-Germanic *pikk?n?. Compare English pick.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²p?ka/, [²p??k?a]
  • Rhymes: -²?ka

Verb

picka (present pickar, preterite pickade, supine pickat, imperative picka)

  1. To pick up with the beak (of a bird); to peck.

Conjugation

References

  • picka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

picka From the web:

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