"bica" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbi.ka/ Forms: biche [plural]
Rhymes: -ika Etymology: Borrowed from Lombardic bīga (“pile, heap”); compare Alemannic German Biigi, Byge (“stack”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|it|lng|bīga||pile, heap}} Borrowed from Lombardic bīga (“pile, heap”), {{cog|gsw|Biigi}} Alemannic German Biigi Head templates: {{it-noun|f}} bica f (plural biche)
  1. haystack (or pile of sheaves) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-bica-it-noun-lHE~O6ug
  2. (literary, rare) heap, pile, mass Tags: feminine, literary, rare
    Sense id: en-bica-it-noun-x4BRdFX2 Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 45 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: abbicare

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
  ],
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        "4": "",
        "5": "pile, heap"
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      "name": "bor+"
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      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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    {
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "it-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "bì‧ca"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "haystack (or pile of sheaves)"
      ],
      "id": "en-bica-it-noun-lHE~O6ug",
      "links": [
        [
          "haystack",
          "haystack"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "45 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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          "heap",
          "heap"
        ],
        [
          "pile",
          "pile"
        ],
        [
          "mass",
          "mass"
        ]
      ],
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        "(literary, rare) heap, pile, mass"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "literary",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbi.ka/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ika"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bica"
}
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    "Italian countable nouns",
    "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Italian feminine nouns",
    "Italian lemmas",
    "Italian nouns",
    "Italian terms borrowed from Lombardic",
    "Italian terms derived from Lombardic",
    "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Italian/ika",
    "Rhymes:Italian/ika/2 syllables",
    "pt:Coffee"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "abbicare"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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        "3": "bīga",
        "4": "",
        "5": "pile, heap"
      },
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      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gsw",
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      },
      "expansion": "Alemannic German Biigi",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "biche",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
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  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "bì‧ca"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "haystack (or pile of sheaves)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "haystack",
          "haystack"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian literary terms",
        "Italian terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "heap, pile, mass"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "heap",
          "heap"
        ],
        [
          "pile",
          "pile"
        ],
        [
          "mass",
          "mass"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary, rare) heap, pile, mass"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "literary",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbi.ka/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ika"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bica"
}

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