manjar

Portuguese

/mɐ̃ˈʒaɾ/, /mɐ̃ˈʒaʁ/, /mɐ̃ˈʒa(ʁ)/

noun
Definitions
  • any food or dish, chiefly a well-prepared or sophisticated one
  • a short name for a number of dessert of Brazilian origin, as for example manjar-branco, manjar-dos-anjos and manjar-imperial

Etymology

Borrowed from French manger (eat) borrowed from Old French mengier borrowed from Italian mangiare (eat, food, eating) derived from Latin manducāre.

Origin

Latin

manducāre

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