mencio

See also: menció

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Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /menˈt͡sio/

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• Rhymes: -io
• Hyphenation: men‧ci‧o

Noun

mencio (accusative singular mencion, plural mencioj, accusative plural menciojn)

1. mention

Italian

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly of Germanic origin; if so, from Frankish *minsto, *minnisto, superlative of *min, *minn (“small, less”), from Proto-Germanic *minniz (“less”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmen.t͡ʃo/
• Rhymes: -entʃo
• Hyphenation: mén‧cio

Adjective

mencio (feminine mencia, masculine plural menci, feminine plural mence)

1. soft, limp
2. withered

Further reading

• Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907), “mencio”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati

Anagrams

• encomi, meconi, nemico