ament

See also: Ament

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.mənt/

Etymology 1

From Latin āmentum (“thong, string”).

Noun

ament (plural aments)

1. (botany) A catkin or similar inflorescence. [from 18th c.]
   • 1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 9:

     [T]he scales of the ament in the salix rosea, rose-willow, grow into leaves; and produce other kinds of monsters.

Derived terms

• amentaceous
• amental

 

Etymology 2

From Latin amens.

Noun

ament (plural aments)

1. A congenital idiot.

Anagrams

• Manet, Nemat, ant'em, antem, manet, meant, menat, menta, nemat-

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin āmentum (“thong, string”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əˈmen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əˈment]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [aˈment]

Noun

ament m (plural aments)

1. (botany) ament, catkin

Further reading

• “ament” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Verb

ament

1. inflection of amenen:
   1. second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. (archaic) plural imperative

Anagrams

• maten

Latin

Verb

ament

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of amō

Romanian

Ament

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian amento, Latin amentum.

Noun

ament m (plural amenți)

1. (botany) catkin (a type of inflorescence)

   Synonyms: mâț, mâțișor

Declension

Declension of ament

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) ament	amentul	(niște) amenți	amenții
genitive/dative	(unui) ament	amentului	(unor) amenți	amenților
vocative	amentule		amenților