mento
English
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -ɛntəʊ
Noun
editmento (countable and uncountable, plural mentos)
- a folk music genre of Jamaica, featuring acoustic instruments and voices.
- 2020, Paul Mendez, Rainbow Milk, Dialogue Books (2021), page 19:
- Musician who never meet before the journey entertain we with mento song.
- an individual mento song.
Anagrams
editAsturian
editVerb
editmento
Catalan
editPronunciation
editVerb
editmento
Esperanto
editPronunciation
editNoun
editmento (accusative singular menton, plural mentoj, accusative plural mentojn)
- mint (plant)
Derived terms
editIdo
editEtymology
editBorrowing 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
editNoun
editmento (plural menti)
Derived terms
editInterlingua
editNoun
editmento (plural mentos)
Italian
editEtymology 1
editFrom Latin mentum, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to project”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmento m (plural menti)
Related terms
editEtymology 2
editSee mentire.
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editVerb
editmento
Anagrams
editLatin
editEtymology
editFrom mentum (“chin”) + -o (“forming related nouns”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmen.toː/, [ˈmɛn̪t̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmen.to/, [ˈmɛn̪t̪o]
Noun
editmentō m (genitive mentōnis); third declension
Declension
editThird-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | mentō | mentōnēs |
Genitive | mentōnis | mentōnum |
Dative | mentōnī | mentōnibus |
Accusative | mentōnem | mentōnēs |
Ablative | mentōne | mentōnibus |
Vocative | mentō | mentōnēs |
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “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
editEtymology
editLikely borrowed from Latin mentum.
Pronunciation
edit
- Rhymes: -ẽtu
- Hyphenation: men‧to
Noun
editmento m (plural mentos)
- Rhymes:English/ɛntəʊ
- Rhymes:English/ɛntəʊ/2 syllables
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/ẽtu
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