masticazione

Meaning

1. (feminine) chewing, mastication
2. (feminine) mastication (the process of crushing as though chewed)

Concepts

mastication

chewing

champ

chew

bit

morsel

manduction

Synonyms

morso

biascicamento

Translations

mastication

masticación

Kauen

mastigação

masticació

μάσηση

kauwen

mâchement

مضغ

çiğneme

tütün parçası

Bissen

Happen

Hyphenated as

ma‧sti‧ca‧zió‧ne

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mas.ti.katˈt͡sjo.ne/

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin masticātiōnem (“chewing”), derived from Latin masticō (“to chew”).