mico
English
Etymology
Noun
mico (plural micos)
- A small South American monkey (Mico melanurus, syn. Callithrix melanura), allied to the marmoset.
Usage notes
- The name was originally applied to an albino variety.
Synonyms
- (Mico melanurus): black-tailed marmoset
References
- “mico”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Catalan
Pronunciation
Further reading
- “mico” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “mico”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “mico” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “mico” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *meyk- (“to shimmer”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmi.koː/, [ˈmɪkoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmi.ko/, [ˈmiːko]
Verb
micō (present infinitive micāre, perfect active micuī or micāvī); first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
Conjugation
- The normal Classical perfect is micuī. Perfect micāvī is found extremely rarely in Classical use, but is common in Medieval Latin.
- There is a supine mictum, found in Priscian, but it is not in use.
Descendants
- Italian: ammiccare
References
- “mico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “mico”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- mico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the lightning flashes: fulmina micant
- the lightning flashes: fulmina micant
- Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “mico”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 86
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmi.ku/
- Hyphenation: mi‧co
Noun
mico m (plural micos)
Derived terms
- mico-de-cheiro
- mico-estrela
- mico-leão
- mico-leão-de-cara-preta
- mico-leão-dourado
Descendants
- → Chinese: 搣咕
See also
Etymology 2
Short for mico-preto, a children’s card game where the players have to amass pairs of matching cards, and the card that traditionally depicts a small monkey is the only one without a pair.
Noun
mico m (plural micos)
Derived terms
References
- “mico” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “mico” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Cumanagoto [Term?].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmiko/ [ˈmi.ko]
- Rhymes: -iko
- Syllabification: mi‧co
Noun
mico m (plural micos)
Derived terms
- aguacate de mico
- mico araña
- mico de noche
- mico dorado
- mico rayado
- micoleón
Descendants
Further reading
- “mico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tetelcingo Nahuatl
References
- Brewer, Forrest, Brewer, Jean G. (1962) Vocabulario mexicano de Tetelcingo, Morelos: Castellano-mexicano, mexicano-castellano (Serie de vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 8) (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Internados de Enseñanza Primaria y Educación Indígena, published 1971, pages 30, 141
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