bento

See also: Bento and bentō

English

A typical bento

A homemade bento

Alternative forms

• bentō

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 弁(べん)当(とう) (bentō).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛntoʊ/
• Rhymes: -ɛntəʊ

Noun

bento (plural bento or bentos)

1. A Japanese takeaway lunch served in a box, often with the food arranged into an elaborate design.
2. (graphical user interface) A menu icon of nine squares in a grid.

   Coordinate terms: meatball, kebab, hamburger

Derived terms

• bento box

Translations

a Japanese packed lunch

• Arabic: بِنْتُو m (bintū), بِنْتُو m (bentō)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 飯盒／饭盒 (faan⁶ hap^6-2)

  Hokkien: 便當／便当 (zh-min-nan) (piān-tong)

  Mandarin: 飯盒／饭盒 (zh) (fànhé), 盒飯／盒饭 (zh) (héfàn), 便當／便当 (zh) (biàndāng) (Taiwan)

• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Indonesian: bento
• Japanese: 弁当 (ja) (べんとう, bentō), お弁当 (ja) (おべんとう, o-bentō)
• Korean: 벤토 (bento) (Japanese style), 도시락 (ko) (dosirak) (South Korea), 곽밥 (ko) (gwakbap) (North Korea)
• Marathi: बेन्तो m (bento)
• Persian: بنتو (bentô)
• Portuguese: bentô (pt)
• Russian: бэнто́ (ru) n (bɛntó), бенто́ (ru) n (bentó)
• Thai: เบ็นโต (ben-dtoo)
• Vietnamese: cơm hộp (vi), bento

Anagrams

• Bonet, T-bone, t-bone

Esperanto

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βένθος (bénthos, “the depths”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbento]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Hyphenation: ben‧to

Noun

bento (accusative singular benton, plural bentoj, accusative plural bentojn)

1. benthos (The flora and fauna at the bottom of the ocean or other body of water.)

Indonesian

bento

Etymology

From Japanese 弁当(べんとう) (bentō), from Mandarin 便當／便当 (biàndang, “convenient”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛn.to]
• Hyphenation: bén‧to

Noun

bénto (first-person possessive bentoku, second-person possessive bentomu, third-person possessive bentonya)

1. bento, a Japanese takeaway lunch served in a box, often with the food arranged into an elaborate design.

   Hypernym: bekal

Further reading

• “bento” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Mirandese

Etymology

From Latin ventus.

Noun

bento m

1. wind

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbẽ.tu/

• Homophones: Bento, vento (Porto)
• Rhymes: -ẽtu
• Hyphenation: ben‧to

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese beento, bẽeyto, from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin benedictus, perfect passive participle of Latin benedīcō (“to speak well (of)”). Doublet of bendito, a semi-learned borrowing, and Benedito.

Adjective

bento (feminine benta, masculine plural bentos, feminine plural bentas)

1. holy, sacred

   água benta ― holy water

Related terms

• bênção
• benzer

Etymology 2

From the name of the founder, Saint Benedict of Nursia (Portuguese: São Bento). Compare Spanish benito.

Noun

bento m (plural bentos)

1. Benedictine monk

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 弁(べん)当(とう) (bentō).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbento/ [ˈbẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: ben‧to

Noun

bento m (plural bentos)

1. bento