mike C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes US /maɪk/ UK /maɪk/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a microphone; to fit with a microphone The sound crew miked the speaker before the talk. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a microphone; to fit with a... microphonemic Word family Related forms microphone Etymology AI details An early 20th-century clipping and respelling of microphone (Greek mikrós 'small' + phōnē 'sound, voice'). mikrós Ancient Greek phōnē Ancient Greek View etymology graph -> Topics Actions & Processes External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # mike **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /maɪk/ **IPA (UK):** /maɪk/ ## Meanings 1. a microphone; to fit with a microphone ## Examples - The sound crew miked the speaker before the talk. ## Synonyms - microphone - mic ## Related Forms - microphone ## Roots and Affixes - Root: mikrós - Root: phōnē ## Etymology An early 20th-century clipping and respelling of microphone (Greek mikrós 'small' + phōnē 'sound, voice'). ## AI Etymology Mike is an early 20th-century clipping and respelling of microphone (Greek mikrós 'small' + phōnē 'sound, voice'). The etymological trail includes Ancient Greek mikrós and Ancient Greek phōnē. As a noun, mike means a microphone; to fit with a microphone. The same family is visible in related forms such as microphone. Morphologically, the word is built from the elements named in its history, so the modern form preserves a visible compound, prefix, or suffix structure. ## Topics - Actions & Processes markdown