pica meaning
EN
['pʌɪkə] [ˈpaɪkə] [-aɪkə] WPica
- Pica or PICA may refer to:
- NounPLpicasSUF-ica
- (medicine) A disorder characterized by craving and appetite for non-edible substances, such as ice, clay, chalk, dirt, or sand.
- The three most common nonfood picas were eating of strings and rags; feces, vomit, and urine; and paper, cigarettes, and soil.
- (typography, printing, uncountable) A size of type between small pica and English, standardized as 12-point.
- (typography, uncountable, usually with qualifier) A font of this size.
- (typography, countable) A unit of length equivalent to 12 points, officially 35⁄83 cm (0.166 in) after 1886 but now (computing) 1⁄6 in.
- (uncommon, ecclesiastical) A pie or directory: the book directing Roman Catholic observance of saints' days and other feasts under various calendars.
- Archaic form of pika. (small rodent).
- (medicine) A disorder characterized by craving and appetite for non-edible substances, such as ice, clay, chalk, dirt, or sand.
Definition of pica in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Singularia tantum
- Uncountable nouns
- Uncountable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Nouns
- en picaresque
- en picayune
- en picaroon
- en picaninny
- en picayunish
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "pica" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum.