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English

Alternative forms

• pica (archaic)

Etymology

From French, from an Evenki word which Peter Simon Pallas transcribes as piika or peeka, but which cannot be found in modern dictionaries.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?pa?k?/
• Rhymes: -a?k?

Noun

pika (plural pikas)

1. Any of several small, furry mammals, similar to guinea pigs, but related to rabbits, of the family Ochotonidae, from the mountains of North America and Asia.

Derived terms

• black-lipped pika
• plateau pika

Translations

Anagrams

• Paik, Paki, kipa, paki

Basque

Etymology

From Latin pica.

Noun

pika anim

1. magpie

Alternative forms

• mika

Breton

Verb

pika

1. prick

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?p?ka]
• Rhymes: -?ka
• Hyphenation: pi?ka

Etymology 1

Noun

pika f

1. Obsolete form of píka (“pike”).

Declension

Derived terms

• piky
• od piky

Etymology 2

Noun

pika f

1. American pika, Ochotona princeps^{WP WSp Commons} (species within the family Ochotonidae)

Declension

Hypernyms

• (genera Vulpes and Urocyon): živo?ichové – regnum; strunatci – phylum; ?ty?nožci – superclassis; savci – class; zajícovití – order; piš?uchovití – family; piš?ucha – genus

Further reading

• pika in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pika/
• Hyphenation: pi?ka
• Rhymes: -ika

Adjective

pika (accusative singular pikan, plural pikaj, accusative plural pikajn)

1. (card games) of the suit of spades (?).

Related terms

• piko

Estonian

Adjective

pika

1. genitive singular of pikk

Finnish

Etymology

From English pika; see it for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pik?/, [?pik?]
• Rhymes: -ik?
• Syllabification: pi?ka

Noun

pika

1. pika
2. (in the plural) the taxonomic family Ochotonidae

Declension

Synonyms

• piiskujänis

Anagrams

• kapi, kipa

French

Noun

pika m (plural pikas)

1. pika

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese picar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu pika.

Verb

pika

1. to split
2. to stab

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?pik?]
• Hyphenation: pi?ka
• Rhymes: -k?

Noun

pika (plural pikák)

1. lance

Declension

Derived terms

• pikás

Further reading

• pika in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese picar.

Verb

pika

1. to chop
2. to shred

Latvian

Noun

pika f (4th declension)

1. lump
2. snowball
3. pat
4. clod
5. clump
6. chunk
7. cob
8. clot

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• piken m

Noun

pika f

1. definite feminine singular of pike

Pamosu

Noun

pika

1. ear

Further reading

• Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975)
• Yong Lam Liaw, Pamosu Organised Phonology Data (2002)

Pitjantjatjara

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?p?k?]

Noun

pika

1. pain

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?i.ka/

Noun

pika f

1. pike (a very long thrusting spear formerly used extensively by infantry)

Declension

Related terms

• pikinier
• pikinierski

See also

• gizarma
• glewia
• halabarda
• kontarion
• kopia
• korseka
• lanca
• m?ot lucere?ski
• partyzana
• rohatyna
• runka
• spisa friulska
• szponton

Noun

pika m inan

1. genitive singular of pik
2. (nonstandard, colloquial) accusative singular of pik (a spade in card games)

Further reading

• pika in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swahili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jìp?ka (“to cook, to boil”).

Pronunciation

Verb

-pika (infinitive kupika)

1. To cook

Conjugation

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -pikia
  • Causative: -pikisha
  • Passive: -pikwa
  • Reciprocal: -pikana
  • Stative: -pikika

Waray-Waray

Noun

piká

1. fist blow

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /pa?k/
• Rhymes: -a?k

Etymology 1

From Middle English pyke, pyk, pik, pike (“pike; sharp point, iron tip of a staff or spear, pointed toe of an item of footwear; sharp tool; mountain, peak”), from Old English p?c (“pointed object, pick axe”), and Middle French pique (“long thrusting weapon”), from Old French pic (“sharp point, spike”); both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *p?kaz, *p?k? (“sharp point, pike, peak”), related to pick with a narrower meaning.

The word is cognate with Middle Dutch pecke, peke, picke (modern Dutch piek), German Pike, Norwegian pik, and possibly Old Irish p?k. It is a doublet of pique.

The diving or gymnastics position is probably from tapered appearance of the body when the position is executed.

The carnivorous freshwater fish is probably derived from the “sharp point, spike” senses, due to the fish’s pointed jaws.

The verb sense “to quit or back out of a promise” may be from the sense of taking up pilgrim's staff or pike and leaving on a pilgrimage; and compare Middle English p??ken (“to go, remove oneself”) and Old Danish pikke af (“to go away”).

Noun

pike (plural pikes)

1. (military, historical) A very long spear used two-handed by infantry soldiers for thrusting (not throwing), both for attacks on enemy foot soldiers and as a countermeasure against cavalry assaults.
2. A sharp point, such as that of the weapon.
3. A large haycock (“conical stack of hay left in a field to dry before adding to a haystack”).
4. Any carnivorous freshwater fish of the genus Esox, especially the northern pike, Esox lucius.
5. (diving, gymnastics) A position with the knees straight and a tight bend at the hips with the torso folded over the legs, usually part of a jack-knife. [from 1920s]
6. (fashion, dated) A pointy extrusion at the toe of a shoe.
7. (chiefly Northern England) Especially in place names: a hill or mountain, particularly one with a sharp peak or summit.
8. (obsolete) A pick, a pickaxe.
9. (obsolete, Britain, dialectal) A hayfork.
10. (obsolete, often euphemistic) A penis.
11. (historical) A style of shoes with long toes, very popular in Europe in the 14th and 15th centuries.

Synonyms

• (the fish species Esox lucius): see northern pike

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

pike (third-person singular simple present pikes, present participle piking, simple past and past participle piked)

1. (transitive) To prod, attack, or injure someone with a pike.
2. (transitive, intransitive, diving, gymnastics) To assume a pike position.
3. (intransitive, gambling) To bet or gamble with only small amounts of money.
4. (intransitive, Australia, New Zealand, slang) Often followed by on or out: to quit or back out of a promise.

Derived terms

• piker
• pikey

Translations

Etymology 2

Clipping of turnpike (“a toll road, especially a toll expressway; a spiked barrier across a road, originally used to block access to the road until toll had been paid”).

Noun sense 2 (“gypsy, itinerant tramp, or traveller”) and verb sense 2 (“to depart, travel, especially to flee, run away”) may refer to someone frequently using turnpikes, or may be derived from Middle English p??ken (“to go, remove oneself”).

Noun

pike (plural pikes)

1. Short for turnpike.
2. (derogatory, slang) A gypsy, itinerant tramp, or traveller from any ethnic background; a pikey.

Translations

Verb

pike (third-person singular simple present pikes, present participle piking, simple past and past participle piked)

1. (intransitive) To equip with a turnpike.
2. (intransitive, obsolete, Britain, thieves' cant) To depart or travel (as if by a turnpike), especially to flee, to run away.

References

Anagrams

• kepi, kipe

Middle English

Noun

pike

1. Alternative form of pyke

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse píka.

Noun

pike f or m (definite singular pika or piken, indefinite plural piker, definite plural pikene)

1. a girl

Usage notes

Jente is the standard appellation for girl in Norwegian; pike may also be used, though it is seen as somewhat conservative.

Synonyms

• jente

Derived terms

References

• “pike” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??ke?/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

pike m (definite singular pikeen, indefinite plural pikear, definite plural pikeane)

1. alternative spelling of piké (“piqué”)