Romanian

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Etymology

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Probably from French pique, with the sense of "spite" or "malice" possibly through the intermediate of Greek πίκα (píka), Italian picca, Venetan pica.

Noun

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pică f (plural pici)

  1. spite, malice, enmity, acrimony, ill-feeling
    Synonym: ciudă
  2. (playing cards) spade
  3. (archaic) tip of a spear or lance

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative pică pica pici picile
genitive-dative pici picii pici picilor
vocative pică, pico picilor