magnificat

See also: Magnificat

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin magnificat, 3rd-person present active indicative of magnificō (“to praise, glorify”). The familiar sense comes from a jocular influence from magnare, variant of mangiare (“to eat”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /maɲˈɲi.fi.kat/
  • Rhymes: -ifikat
  • Hyphenation: ma‧gnì‧fi‧cat

Noun

magnificat m (invariable)

  1. (Catholicism) Magnificat (liturgical canticle)
  2. (informal) eating (act of eating)
    Synonym: mangiare

Further reading
  • magnificat in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Verb

magnificat

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of magnificō
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