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mancia

/ˈmænt͡ʃə/

mancia noun: tip, gratuity.

Noun

mancia

  1. tip, gratuity
    • Its landscape is one of inanimate monuments and buildings; near-inanimate barmen, taxi-drivers, bellhops, guides: there to do any bidding, to varying degrees of efficiency, on receipt of the recommended baksheesh, pourboire, mancia, tip.1963, Thomas Pynchon, V.
    • We got up and Don Carlo looked critically at the money I had left on the table. ‘That is too much. A mancia of two lire. The waiter will be dissatisfied with those who leave a smaller but more rational mancia.’ ‘You disapprove of generosity? Perhaps they will call me Don Quixote della mancia.’...1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers

Proper noun capitalized: Mancia

Mancia (plural Mancias)

  1. A surname.

Forms of mancia

pluralMancias

Origin of mancia

Borrowed from Italian mancia.

Questions about mancia

What does mancia mean?
Mancia means tip, gratuity.
What part of speech is mancia?
Mancia can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce mancia?
Mancia is pronounced /ˈmænt͡ʃə/.

Words near mancia in the dictionary

  1. Manchurian tiger
  2. Manchurian wild rice
  3. Manchurians
  4. Manchus
  5. Manchvegas
  6. mancia
  7. Mancias
  8. Manciases
  9. Mancil
  10. Mancilla
  11. Mancillas

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