Word.ws English Dictionary

pika

/ˈpiːkə//ˈpaɪkə/

pika noun: any of several small, furry mammals, similar to guinea pigs, but related to rabbits, of the genus Ochotona, from the mountains of North America and Asia.

pika: any of several small, furry mammals, similar to guinea pigs, but related to rabbits, of the genus...
Image: Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Noun

pika (plural pikas)

  1. Any of several small, furry mammals, similar to guinea pigs, but related to rabbits, of the genus Ochotona, from the mountains of North America and Asia.

pika meaning in Assamese, Persian and Vietnamese

pika in Assamese

furry mammal of the genus Ochotona
পিকা পহু pika pohu

pika in Persian

furry mammal of the genus Ochotona
خرگوشموش

pika in Vietnamese

furry mammal of the genus Ochotona
thỏ cộc

Forms of pika

pluralpikas
alternative form (archaic)pica

Plural of pika: pikas

Origin of pika

From French, from an Evenki word which Peter Simon Pallas transcribes as piika or peeka, but which cannot be found in modern dictionaries. Probably ultimately onomatopoeic. Compare typologically German Pfeifhase (< pfeifen (+ Hase) << Latin pīpō), Czech pišťucha, Russian пищу́ха (piščúxa) (akin to пища́ть (piščátʹ), писк (pisk)).

Words formed from pika

Words that rhyme with pika

Questions about pika

What does pika mean?
Pika means any of several small, furry mammals, similar to guinea pigs, but related to rabbits, of the genus Ochotona, from the mountains of North America and Asia.
What is pika in Assamese?
Pika in Assamese is পিকা পহু (pika pohu). See Pika meaning in Assamese.
What part of speech is pika?
Pika is a noun.
How do you pronounce pika?
Pika is pronounced /ˈpiːkə/.
What is the plural of pika?
The plural of pika is pikas.

Words near pika in the dictionary

  1. Pijin
  2. Pijnacker-Nootdorp
  3. pijon
  4. pijons
  5. PIK
  6. pika
  7. Pikachu
  8. Pikachu moth
  9. Pikachu moths
  10. Pikachu nudibranch
  11. Pikachu nudibranchs

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: pika (page history and authors). 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.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: En-us-pica.oga.

Cite this entry: “pika.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/pika. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.