carica

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.ri.ka/
• Rhymes: -arika
• Hyphenation: cà‧ri‧ca

From Latin carricō (“to load, to charge”).

carica f (plural cariche)

1. position
2. load
3. (military) charge

• caricare

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

carica

1. feminine singular of carico

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

carica

1. inflection of caricare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• carica in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• carica in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• carica in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• carica in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• càrica¹ in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• càrica in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• carcai

Ellipsis of *Cārica fīcus f (“Carian fig”), from the feminine of the adjective Cāricus (“Carian”), from Cāria +‎ -icus (adjective-forming suffix).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkaː.ri.ka/, [ˈkäːrɪkä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ri.ka/, [ˈkäːrikä]

cārica f (genitive cāricae); first declension

1. a type of fig (from Caria)

First-declension noun.

• cāricula

• carica in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• Hyphenation: ca‧ri‧ca

carica f (plural caricas)

1. crown cap (type of bottle cap)

• IPA^(key): /t͡sârit͡sa/
• Hyphenation: ca‧ri‧ca

cȁrica f (Cyrillic spelling ца̏рица)

1. czarina, tsarina
2. empress

• IPA^(key): /t͡sarìːt͡sa/

caríca f (male equivalent cār)

1. czarina, tsarina
2. queen
3. empress