carica

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See also: Carica

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.ri.ka/
  • Rhymes: -arika
  • Hyphenation: cà‧ri‧ca

Etymology 1

From Latin carricō (to load, to charge).

Noun

carica f (plural cariche)

  1. position
  2. load
  3. (military) charge
Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

carica

  1. feminine singular of carico

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

carica

  1. inflection of caricare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • carica in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • carica in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • carica in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • carica in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • càrica1 in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • càrica in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Ellipsis of *Cārica fīcus f (Carian fig), from the feminine of the adjective Cāricus (Carian), from Cāria +‎ -icus (adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

cārica f (genitive cāricae); first declension

  1. a type of fig (from Caria)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cārica cāricae
Genitive cāricae cāricārum
Dative cāricae cāricīs
Accusative cāricam cāricās
Ablative cāricā cāricīs
Vocative cārica cāricae

Derived terms

References

Portuguese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: ca‧ri‧ca

Noun

carica f (plural caricas)

  1. crown cap (type of bottle cap)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡sârit͡sa/
  • Hyphenation: ca‧ri‧ca

Noun

cȁrica f (Cyrillic spelling ца̏рица)

  1. czarina, tsarina
  2. empress

Declension

Slovene

Pronunciation

Noun

caríca f (male equivalent cār)

  1. czarina, tsarina
  2. queen
  3. empress

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. caríca
gen. sing. caríce
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
caríca caríci caríce
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
caríce caríc caríc
dative
(dajȃlnik)
caríci carícama carícam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
caríco caríci caríce
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
caríci carícah carícah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
caríco carícama carícami