manicare

== Italian == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin mandūcāre (“to chew, (coll.) eat”). Doublet of manducare, manucare, and mangiare. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ma.niˈka.re/ Rhymes: -are Hyphenation: ma‧ni‧cà‧re === Verb === manicàre (first-person singular present manùco, first-person singular past historic manicài, past participle manicàto, auxiliary avére) (ambitransitive, obsolete, rarely literary, puristic and humorous) to eat Synonyms: (archaic) manducare, mangiare, (obsolete) manucare ==== Usage notes ==== The rhizotonic forms are replaced by the ones from the verb manucare. ==== Conjugation ==== === Noun === manicare m (plural manicari, diminutive (common) manicaretto) (literary) (uncountable) eating food === References === === Further reading === manicare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Anagrams === Marenaci, incamera, macinare, macinerà, marciane == Latin == === Verb === mānicāre inflection of mānicō: present active infinitive second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative