Meanings
mica1
plural micas
- countableuncountablechemistryAny 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
Mica2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounany of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves; used as dielectrics because of their resistance to electricity
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
mica · noun
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)meyk-
- Proto-Italic*(s)mīkā?
- Proto-Indo-European*meyk-
- Proto-Italic*meikā?
- Latinmīca
- Englishmica
Borrowed from Latin mīca (“grain, crumb”).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Mica · proper noun
- Hebrewמִיכָה
- EnglishMica
From Hebrew מִיכָה (mīḵāh).
More words from Hebrew
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bengali অভ্র
- অভ্র (obhro)hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
Bulgarian слюда
- слюда (sljuda)hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
Catalan mica
- micahydrous aluminosilicate minerals
Chinese Cantonese 雲母 /云母
- 雲母 /云母 (wan⁴ mou⁵)hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
Chinese Mandarin 雲母 /云母
- 雲母 /云母 (yúnmǔ)hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
Czech slída
- slídahydrous aluminosilicate minerals
Dutch mica, glimmer
- micahydrous aluminosilicate minerals
- glimmerhydrous aluminosilicate minerals
Esperanto glimo
- glimohydrous aluminosilicate minerals
Estonian vilk
- vilkhydrous aluminosilicate minerals
Finnish kiille
- kiillehydrous aluminosilicate minerals
French mica
- micahydrous aluminosilicate minerals
German Glimmer
- Glimmerhydrous aluminosilicate minerals
Greek μαρμαρυγίας
- μαρμαρυγίας (marmarygías)hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
Hebrew נָצִיץ
- נָצִיץ (natsíts)hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
Hindi अभ्रक
- अभ्रक (abhrak)hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
Hungarian csillám
- csillámhydrous aluminosilicate minerals
Indonesian mika, abrak
- mikahydrous aluminosilicate minerals
- abrakhydrous aluminosilicate minerals
Italian mica
- micahydrous aluminosilicate minerals
Japanese 雲母, マイカ
- 雲母hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
- マイカ (maika)hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
Korean 운모
- 운모 (unmo)hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
Lithuanian žėrutis
- žėrutishydrous aluminosilicate minerals
Māori maeka
- maekahydrous aluminosilicate minerals
Norwegian glimmer
- glimmerhydrous aluminosilicate minerals
Persian میکا
- میکا (mikâ)hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
Polish mika, łyszczyk
- mikahydrous aluminosilicate minerals
- łyszczykhydrous aluminosilicate minerals
Portuguese mica
- micahydrous aluminosilicate minerals
Punjabi ਅਬਰਕ
- ਅਬਰਕ (abarak)hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
Romanian mică
- micăhydrous aluminosilicate minerals
Russian слюда́
- слюда́ (sljudá)hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
Scottish Gaelic mìoca
- mìocahydrous aluminosilicate minerals
Slovak sľuda
- sľudahydrous aluminosilicate minerals
Spanish mica
- micahydrous aluminosilicate minerals
Swedish glimmer
- glimmerhydrous aluminosilicate minerals
Tagalog mika
- mikahydrous aluminosilicate minerals
Thai ไมกา
- ไมกา (mai-gâa)hydrous aluminosilicate minerals
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with mica
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Cite this entry
mica. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mica
“mica.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mica. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mica,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mica.
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