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mica

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈmaɪ.kə/
  • mīkə
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aɪkə
  • CMU ARPABET: M AY1 K AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A unisex given name from Hebrew, variant of Micah.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves; used as dielectrics because of their resistance to electricity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: isinglass

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mineral, transparent substance, translucent substance

Narrower terms: biotite, lepidolite, muscovite, paragonite, phlogopite, zinnwaldite

History

Etymology

From Hebrew מִיכָה (mīḵāh).

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)meyk- Proto-Italic *(s)mīkā? Proto-Indo-European *meyk- Proto-Italic *meikā? Latin mīcabor. English mica Borrowed from Latin mīca (“grain, crumb”).

Across languages

Translations

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bengali: অভ্র (obhro) — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Bulgarian: слюда (sljuda) — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Catalan: mica — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Cheyenne: óova'e — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Chinese Cantonese: 雲母 /云母 (wan4 mou5) — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雲母 /云母 (yúnmǔ) — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Czech: slída — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Dutch: mica — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Dutch: glimmer — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Esperanto: glimo — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Estonian: vilk — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Finnish: kiille — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • French: mica — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Galician: mica — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • German: Glimmer — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Greek: μαρμαρυγίας (marmarygías) — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Gujarati: અભ્રક (abhrak) — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Gujarati: અબરખ (abarakh) — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Hebrew: נָצִיץ (natsíts) — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Hindi: अभ्रक (abhrak) — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Hungarian: csillám — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Indonesian: mika — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Indonesian: abrak — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Italian: mica — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Japanese: 雲母 — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Japanese: マイカ (maika) — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Kannada: ಅಭ್ರಕ (abhraka) — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Kazakh: слюдалар (slüdalar) — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Korean: 운모 (unmo) — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Lithuanian: žėrutis — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Macedonian: ли́скун (lískun) — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Malayalam: അഭ്രം (abhraṁ) — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Māori: maeka — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Marathi: अभ्रक (abhrak) — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Navajo: tsésǫʼ — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Newar: फिपू (phipū) — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Norwegian: glimmer — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Persian: میکا (mikâ) — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Polish: mika — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Polish: łyszczyk — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Portuguese: mica — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Punjabi: ਅਬਰਕ (abarak) — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Romanian: mică — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Russian: слюда́ (sljudá) — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Scottish Gaelic: mìoca — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Slovak: sľuda — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Slovene: sljuda — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Spanish: mica — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Swedish: glimmer — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Tagalog: mika — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Telugu: అభ్రకము (abhrakamu) — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Thai: ไมกา (mai-gâa) — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
  • Yakut: сүлүүдэ (sülüüde) — hydrous aluminosilicate minerals