trica

Borrowed from New Latin trica, coined by Erik Acharius in his 1803 work Methodus qua omnes detectos Lichenes. Perhaps connected to Latin trīcae, although the semantic relationship is unclear.

trica (plural tricae)

1. (lichenology, obsolete, rare) An apothecium in certain lichens, having a spherical surface marked with spiral or concentric ridges and furrows.

• “trica”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• TRIAC, Traci, artic, triac

From tri +‎ -ca.

• IPA^(key): /trît͡sa/
• Hyphenation: tri‧ca
• Rhymes: -it͡sa

trȉca f (Cyrillic spelling три̏ца)

1. three (digit or figure)
2. anything numbered three (playing card, tram, bus, player with a jersey number 3 etc.)
3. the school grade '3'

• “trica”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

See tričàrija.

• IPA^(key): /trît͡sa/
• Hyphenation: tri‧ca
• Rhymes: -it͡sa

trȉca f (Cyrillic spelling три̏ца)

1. (usually in the plural) trifle, junk

   trice i kučine ― nonsense

• “trica”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025