marica

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
  • 𑀫𑀭𑀺𑀘 (Brahmi script)
  • मरिच (Devanagari script)
  • মরিচ (Bengali script)
  • මරිච (Sinhalese script)
  • မရိစ or မရိၸ (Burmese script)
  • มริจ or มะริจะ (Thai script)
  • ᨾᩁᩥᨧ (Tai Tham script)
  • ມຣິຈ or ມະຣິຈະ (Lao script)
  • មរិច (Khmer script)
  • 𑄟𑄢𑄨𑄌 (Chakma script)

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
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈɾi.kɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈɾi.ka/

  • 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/ [maˈɾi.ka]
  • 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
  • IPA(key): /ma.ˈri.t͡ʃa/

Noun

marica

  1. chili pepper

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