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pica

Pronunciation: [ˈpi.kə]

“pica” is a Catalan word. Its 7 meanings in English:

noun

  1. bowl
  2. sink
  3. pike
  4. spade
  5. pica (disorder characterized by craving and appetite for non-edible substances)
  6. peak, summit
  7. pika (small, furry mammal)

In Catalan

  1. Llança llarga composta d'un bastó llarg amb un ferro petit i punxegut al capdamunt.
  2. Peça gran regularment de pedra, còncava i fonda, en la que cau o s'hi tira aigua per diferents usos o en la que raja aigua de les fonts.
  3. aigüera
  4. Coll de la baralla de cartes francesa representat per la punta d’una llança (♠).
  5. Carta d’un dels quatre colls de la baralla francesa.
  6. Pic, cim d'una muntanya.
  7. Al·lotriofàgia, perversió del gust consistent en el desig d'ingerir substàncies no comestibles.

Etymology

From Latin pīla (“mortar”), with an unexplained change from /l/ to /k/. Compare Spanish pila (“sink, font”).

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