mento
See also: Mento, mentó, mentő, and -mento
English
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛntəʊ
Noun
mento (countable and uncountable, plural mentos)
- a folk music genre of Jamaica, featuring acoustic instruments and voices
- an individual mento song
Anagrams
- Monet, Monte, Moten, meton., monte
Asturian
Verb
mento
- first-person singular present indicative of mentir
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈmen.to/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ˈmen.tu/
Verb
mento
- first-person singular present indicative form of mentir
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmento]
- Audio:
(file) - Rhymes: -ento
- Hyphenation: men‧to
Noun
mento (accusative singular menton, plural mentoj, accusative plural mentojn)
- mint (plant)
Derived terms
- pipromento
Ido
Etymology
Borrowing from Esperanto menso, Italian mente and Spanish mente, ultimately from Latin mēns. The Esperanto word was modified to reflect forms in natural languages and international derived terms.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmen.to/
Noun
mento (plural menti)
- mind, mentality
Derived terms
- mentala
Interlingua
Noun
mento (plural mentos)
- chin
Italian
Etymology 1
From Latin mentum, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to project”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmen.to/
- Rhymes: -ento
- Hyphenation: mén‧to
Noun
mento m (plural menti)
- (anatomy) chin, mentum
Related terms
- mentale
- mentoniero
Etymology 2
See mentire.
Alternative forms
- mentisco
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛn.to/
- Rhymes: -ɛnto
- Hyphenation: mèn‧to
Verb
mento
- first-person singular present indicative of mentire
Anagrams
- Monte, monte
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmen.toː/, [ˈmɛn̪t̪oː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmen.to/, [ˈmɛn̪t̪o]
Noun
mentō
- dative/ablative singular of mentum
References
- “mento”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mento in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- mento in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Portuguese
Etymology
Likely borrowed from Latin mentum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmẽ.tu/
- Rhymes: -ẽtu
- Hyphenation: men‧to
Noun
mento m (plural mentos)
- chin (bottom of a face)
- Synonym: queixo