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mic

Pronunciation: /mik/

“mic” is a Romanian word. Its 3 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. little, small

noun

  1. little boy, child, toddler, tyke, baby
  2. a dish from Romanian cuisine, consisting of a grilled ground meat roll in cylindrical shape made from a mixture of beef, lamb and pork with spices

In Romanian

  1. fel de mâncare din carne (de vacă) tocată, de forma unor cârnăciori, condimentați și fripți direct pe grătar; mititel.
  2. care este sub dimensiunile obișnuite; de proporții reduse.
  3. care ocupă o suprafață redusă.
  4. cu capacitate redusă, puțin încăpător; strâmt.
  5. scurt; mărunt, scund.
  6. (despre ape, gropi, prăpăstii etc.) puțin adânc sau (relativ) îngust.
  7. subțire.
  8. îngust.
  9. puțin numeros: redus, limitat.
  10. (despre sunet, glas etc.) puțin intens; slab, încet, stins, scăzut.
  11. (despre zi, noapte etc.) care durează puțin; scurt.
  12. de vârstă fragedă; nevârstnic; tânăr.

Etymology

Supposedly from Vulgar Latin *miccus, from Doric Greek μῑκκός (mīkkós, “small”), variant of μικρός (mikrós). Compare Aromanian njic, Extreme Southern Italian nicu and miccu, Corsican micca, also Italian miccino. May also be related to Latin mīca (“crumb”); compare mică.

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