physica

Interlingua

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin physica.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfi.zi.ka/
Rhymes: -izika
Hyphenation: phy‧si‧ca

Noun

physica (uncountable)

physics

Related terms

physic

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyéti

Ancient Greek φῠ́ω (phŭ́ō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Ancient Greek -τις (-tis)

Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)

Ancient Greek φύσις (phúsis)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)

Ancient Greek φῠσῐκή (phŭsĭkḗ)bor.

Latin physica

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φῠσῐκή (phŭsĭkḗ).

Pronunciation

physica:
- (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpʰy.sɪ.ka]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfiː.s̬i.ka]
physicā:
- (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpʰy.sɪ.kaː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfiː.s̬i.ka]
Hyphenation: phy‧si‧ca

Noun

physica f (genitive physicae); first declension

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	physica	physicae
genitive	physicae	physicārum
dative	physicae	physicīs
accusative	physicam	physicās
ablative	physicā	physicīs
vocative	physica	physicae

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Catalan: física (learned)
→ Danish: fysik
→ English: physic
→ English: physics, physicks (obsolete)
- → Welsh: ffiseg
→ French: physique (learned)
→ Galician: física (learned)
→ German: Physik
→ Hebrew: פִיזִיקָה (fiziká)
→ Hungarian: fizika
→ Italian: fisica (learned)
→ Latvian: fizika
→ Lithuanian: fizika
→ Occitan: fisica (learned)
→ Polish: fizyka
→ Portuguese: física (learned)
→ Romanian: fizică (learned)
→ Serbo-Croatian: fìzika
→ Slovene: fízika
→ Spanish: física (learned)
→ Swedish: fysik
→ Yiddish: פֿיזיק (fizik)

Adjective

physica

inflection of physicus:
1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

physicā

ablative feminine singular of physicus

References

“physica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“physica”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
"physica", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
“physica”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) physics; natural philosophy: physica (-orum) (Or. 34. 119); philosophia naturalis

Portuguese

Noun

physica f (plural physicas)

pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of física

Adjective

physica

pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of física