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mangia-cake

/ˈmæn.d͡ʒə keɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.77 in modern English

Syllables
man-gia--cake
IPA
/ˈmæn.d͡ʒə keɪk/
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who does not have Italian ancestry.

Canadian usage; Derogatory

Etymology

Macaronic compound of Italian mangia (“eat”, imperative of mangiare) + cake, literally “cake eater”. Compare Italian mangiapatate, mangiapolenta, mangiarane and similar.

Usage

Inflected Forms

mangia-cakes (plural) mangia cake (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce mangia-cake?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmæn.d͡ʒə keɪk/.
What does mangia-cake mean?
A person who does not have Italian ancestry.
Where does mangia-cake come from?
Macaronic compound of Italian mangia (“eat”, imperative of mangiare) + cake, literally “cake eater”. Compare Italian mangiapatate, mangiapolenta, mangiarane and similar.

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