tic

== Translingual == === Symbol === tic (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Tira. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Tira terms == English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɪk/ Rhymes: -ɪk Homophone: tick === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from French tic. ==== Noun ==== tic (plural tics) (neurology) A sudden, nonrhythmic motor movement or vocalization. (by extension) Something that is done or produced habitually or characteristically. ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== tic (third-person singular simple present tics, present participle ticcing, simple past and past participle ticced) (intransitive) To exhibit a tic; to undergo a sudden, semi-voluntary muscle movement. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Clipping of ticket. ==== Noun ==== tic (plural tics) (informal) Clipping of ticket. ===== Derived terms ===== tix === See also === === Further reading === tic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === CTI, ICT, TCI, cit, cit. == Acholi == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== tic work, working job, occupation, profession === Etymology 2 === ==== Adjective ==== tic moist, damp, wet === References === Blackings, Mairi John (2009), Acholi English – English Acholi Dictionary‎[2], Munich: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 122 == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈtik] === Noun === tic m (plural tics) tic === Further reading === “tic” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. “tic”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “tic”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == French == === Etymology === Onomatopoeic; originally of horses in the 17th century. Compare Italian ticchio with a similar meaning. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tik/ Homophone: tique === Noun === tic m (plural tics) tic ==== Descendants ==== → English: tic → German: Tic → Portuguese: tique === Further reading === “tic”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtik/ Rhymes: -ik Hyphenation: tìc === Noun === tic m (invariable) tic, twitch === References === == Latvian == === Verb === tic third-person singular/plural present indicative of ticēt (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of ticēt (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of ticēt == Romanian == === Noun === tic n (plural ticuri) obsolete form of spic ==== Declension ==== === References === tic in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtik/ [ˈt̪ik] Rhymes: -ik Syllabification: tic === Noun === tic m (plural tics) tic (movement) tick (written mark) tick (sound) ==== Related terms ==== tictac/tic-tac tictaquear === Further reading === “tic”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 “tic”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010 == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French tic. Attested since 1885. === Noun === tic n (neurology, chiefly in the plural) a tic (colloquial, figuratively, chiefly in the plural) (unreasonable) compulsory behavior, a tic ==== Declension ==== === References === “tics”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “tics”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “tic”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)