mica
/ˈmaɪ.kə/
mica noun: any of a group of hydrous aluminosilicate minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic.
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Noun
mica (countable and uncountable, plural micas)
- Any of a group of hydrous aluminosilicate minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic.
- His little eyes glittered like mica discs with curiosity, though he tried to keep up a bit of superciliousness.1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 214
Proper noun capitalized: Mica
Mica (plural Micas)
- A unisex given name from Hebrew, variant of Micah.
mica meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
mica in Hindi
- hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
- अभ्रक abhrak
mica in Tamil
- ஒண்தகடு, காக்கைப் பொன், தாள்தகடு, மைக்கா, அபிரகம், அப்ரகம்
mica in Marathi
- hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
- अभ्रक abhrak
mica in Urdu
- mica
- ابرق abraq
More languagesFewer languages
- mica in Bengali
- অভ্র obhro
- mica in Telugu
- అభ్రకము abhrakamu
- mica in Malayalam
- അഭ്രം abhraṁ
- mica in Kannada
- ಅಭ್ರಕ abhraka
- mica in Punjabi
- ਅਬਰਕ abarak
- mica in Gujarati
- અભ્રક abhrak, અબરખ abarakh
- mica in Odia
- ଅଭ୍ରକ, ମାଇକା
- mica in Nepali
- अभ्रक, माइका
- mica in Tagalog
- mika
- mica in Indonesian
- mika, abrak
- mica in Persian
- میکا mikâ
- mica in Thai
- ไมกา mai-gâa
Examples of mica in a sentence
- Mica, Kai, and Matthias find themselves at the epicenter of miracles, strange majick, and disaster.
- Aventurin is also the name of a variety of quartz spangled with mica or other shiny mineral.
- THE FRONT DOORS OF MY STOVE HAD WINDOWS of isinglass (mica) which needed replacement.
Forms of mica
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | micas |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Micas |
Origin of mica
Borrowed from Latin mīca (“grain, crumb”).
From Hebrew מִיכָה (mīḵāh).
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Questions about mica
- What does mica mean?
- Mica means any of a group of hydrous aluminosilicate minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic.
- What is mica in Hindi?
- Mica in Hindi is अभ्रक (abhrak). See Mica meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is mica?
- Mica can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce mica?
- Mica is pronounced /ˈmaɪ.kə/.
- What is the plural of mica?
- The plural of mica is micas.
Words near mica in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: mica (page history and authors); Mica (page history and authors); mica (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ابرق (Urdu) (page history and authors); mica (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mica (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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