pika

Other forms of pika

plural

pikas·

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 pika

What does pika mean?

pika means "small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America".

How many syllables are in pika?

pika has 2 syllables: pi-ka. The stress falls on "pi".

What is another word for pika?

Close synonyms include mouse hare, rock rabbit, coney, cony. 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 pika a common word?

pika is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.