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mica.

breadcrumb

4 characters2 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmi.ka/

  1. breadcrumb

    archaic · feminine · literary

  2. bit, morsel

    broadly · feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Latin mīca, from Proto-Italic *smīkā, from Proto-Indo-European *smeyg- (“small, thin, delicate”). Cognate in particular with Old French mie, with whom it shares the semantic broadening from a (bread)crumb to "not (at all), few".

adv/ˈmi.ka/

  1. not

    colloquial
    Mica male!

  2. hardly, you know

    colloquial
    Mica sono stupido

  3. bit

    colloquial
    Non è mica cambiato

  4. at all

    colloquial
    Non costa mica molto

  5. by any chance

    colloquial
    Non hai mica trovato il mio portafoglio?
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Latin mīca, from Proto-Italic *smīkā, from Proto-Indo-European *smeyg- (“small, thin, delicate”). Cognate in particular with Old French mie, with whom it shares the semantic broadening from a (bread)crumb to "not (at all), few".

noun/ˈmi.ka/

  1. mica (mineral)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin mīca, the same source as the above.

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