mento

See also: mentó, mentő, and -mento

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛntəʊ

Noun

mento (countable and uncountable, plural mentos)

  1. a folk music genre of Jamaica, featuring acoustic instruments and voices
  2. an individual mento song

Anagrams


Asturian

Verb

mento

  1. first-person singular present indicative of mentir

Catalan

Verb

mento

  1. first-person singular present indicative form of mentir

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmento/
  • Hyphenation: men‧to
  • Rhymes: -ento

Noun

mento (accusative singular menton, plural mentoj, accusative plural mentojn)

  1. mint (plant)

Derived terms


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)

  1. mind, mentality

Derived terms


Interlingua

Noun

mento (plural mentos)

  1. chin

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin mentum, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (to project).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛnto/

Noun

mento m (plural menti)

  1. (anatomy) chin, mentum

Etymology 2

See mentire.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛnto/

Verb

mento

  1. first-person singular present indicative of mentire

Anagrams


Latin

Noun

mentō

  1. dative singular of mentum
  2. ablative singular of mentum

References


Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin mentum.

Noun

mento m (plural mentos)

  1. chin (bottom of a face)
    Synonym: queixo
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