mica

Other forms of mica

plural

micas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about mica

What does mica mean?

mica means "any 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".

How many syllables are in mica?

mica has 2 syllables: mi-ca. The stress falls on "mi". In IPA it is /ˈmaɪkə/.

What is another word for mica?

Close synonyms include isinglass. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mica a common word?

mica is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with mica?

2 words rhyme with mica. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.