pica

Other forms of pica

plural

picas·

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 pica

What does pica mean?

pica means "an eating disorder, frequent in children, in which non-nutritional objects are eaten persistently". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pica?

pica has 2 syllables: pi-ca. The stress falls on "pi". In IPA it is /ˈpaɪkə/.

What is another word for pica?

Close synonyms include em, pica em, genus Pica. 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 pica a common word?

pica 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.