marica

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See also: Marica and Maricá

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish marica.

Pronunciation

Adjective

marica m or f (masculine and feminine plural mariques)

  1. queer

Noun

marica m (plural mariques)

  1. (derogatory, vulgar, colloquial) faggot, queer

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Sanskrit मरीचम् (marīcam).

Noun

marica

  1. black pepper

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Particularly: “From Sanskrit मरिच (marica).”

Noun

marica n

  1. black pepper

Declension

Declension table of "marica" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)maricaṃmaricāni
Accusative (second)maricaṃmaricāni
Instrumental (third)maricenamaricehi or maricebhi
Dative (fourth)maricassa or maricāya or maricatthaṃmaricānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)maricasmā or maricamhā or maricāmaricehi or maricebhi
Genitive (sixth)maricassamaricānaṃ
Locative (seventh)maricasmiṃ or maricamhi or maricemaricesu
Vocative (calling)maricamaricāni

Descendants

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “marica”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: ma‧ri‧ca

Adjective

marica m or f (plural maricas)

  1. Alternative form of maricas

Noun

marica m (plural maricas)

  1. Alternative form of maricas

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

mȁrica f (Cyrillic spelling ма̏рица) (slang)

  1. police van, paddy wagon
  2. (by extension) the police
    Synonym: полѝција

Spanish

Etymology

From María +‎ -ica, María being a common feminine given name.

Unrelated to the similar Ancient Greek μαρικᾶς (marikâs, “passive male sexual partner, debauchee”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈɾika/
  • Rhymes: -ika
  • Syllabification: ma‧ri‧ca

Noun

marica m (plural maricas)

  1. (informal, derogatory) poof; fag; faggot (homosexual man)
    Synonym: maricón
  2. (informal, derogatory) wimp, weakling
  3. (informal, derogatory) effeminate man
  4. (Colombia, Venezuela, colloquial, slang) dude; bro; mate
    Synonyms: (Chile) weón, (Spain) tío, tía; see also Thesaurus:tío

Noun

marica f (plural maricas)

  1. magpie
    Synonym: urraca

Derived terms

Further reading

West Makian

Etymology

Ultimately from Malay merica, from Pali marica, from Sanskrit मरिच (marica). Compare Ternate rica.

Pronunciation

Noun

marica

  1. chili pepper

References

  • James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎, Pacific linguistics
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