# IC
## Translingual
### Symbol

IC
* (international standards) Exceptionally reserved ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the Canary Islands.

#### Usage notes

This is an exceptionally reserved code, included as part of ISO 3166-1 on the request of the World Customs Organization for the purpose of demarcating a part of Spain that is not part of the European Union Customs Union, and is not endorsed for general use by the ISO outside of that purpose.

## English
### Pronunciation

* Audio (General Australian):(file)

### Proper noun

IC
* (astronomy) Initialism of Index Catalogue (part of the NGC survey of J.L.E. Dreyer’s update to the Herschel General Catalogue).
* (medicine) Initialism of interstitial cystitis (a type of chronic pain that affects the urinary bladder).
* (Philippines) Initialism of Iligan City.

#### Alternative forms

* I. C., I.C.

### Noun

IC (countable and uncountable, plural ICs)
* Initialism of independent contractor.
* Initialism of irreducible complexity.
* (chemistry) Initialism of intercalation compound.
* (chemistry) Initialism of ion chromatography.
* (electronics) Initialism of integrated circuit.
* (medicine, uncountable) Initialism of intensive care.
* (immunology) Initialism of immune complex.
* (Singapore) Initialism of identity card.
* Initialism of individual contributor.
* (slang) Short for incel.
* Initialism of intermittent catheterization.
* Initialism of integrity constraint.
* Initialism of incident commander.

### Adjective

IC (not comparable)
* Pseudo-acronym of icy.
* Initialism of in charge.
* Initialism of in command.
* (roleplaying games, fandom slang) Initialism of in character.
    Antonyms: OC, OOC
* Initialism of intracloud.

### Phrase

IC
* Pseudo-acronym of I see.

#### Derived terms

* (electronics): VHSIC, HSIC, ASIC

#### See also

* (electronics): chip, discrete component, solid-state, SSI, MSI, LSI, VLSI, ULSI

### Anagrams

* -ci-, C&I, CI, cI, ci

## Chinese
### Etymology

Initialism of in charge.

### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): aai$^1$ si$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: aai$^1$ si$^1$
*** Yale: āai sī
*** Cantonese Pinyin: aai$^1$ si$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ai$^1$ xi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /aːi̯⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/

### Noun

IC
* (Hong Kong Cantonese) person in charge; manager; supervisor
** 2019 March 16, “【醫護逃亡】護士、專職醫療流失率創8年新高　每16名護士1人離職”, in 香港01‎:以前我哋做5、6年才做IC(主管)，但佢哋現在只做3年，而且實習機會很少，中層沒有時間理會佢哋，佢哋仍欠缺經驗，就要揹飛，處理意外、投訴等情況，有人會擔心揹鑊和有人命。(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2019 June 27, “民間自發集會急救站 醫者仁心”, in 香港經濟日報‎:同為IC的註冊護士Kei也是90後，這是她首次參與遊行和義工活動，因有專業醫療知識，所以便擔當起了分派崗位等工作。(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Synonyms

* in charge
* 負責人／负责人 (fùzérén)

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

From English interchange.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [a̠i ɕiː]

#### Noun

IC(アイシー) • (aishī)
* Abbreviation of インターチェンジ (intāchenji, “interchange”).

##### Related terms

* J(ジェー)C(シー)T(ティー) (jēshītī)

### Etymology 2

From English integrated circuit.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [a̠i ɕiː]

#### Noun

IC(アイシー) • (aishī)
* (electronics) Initialism of integrated circuit.

##### Synonyms

* 集(しゅう)積(せき)回(かい)路(ろ) (shūseki kairo)

### References

* 1 2 “IC”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months