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Esperanto
Pronunciation
Noun
amento (accusative singular amenton, plural amentoj, accusative plural amentojn)
- (botany) amentum, catkin (type of inflorescence)
- Sergio Pokrovskij (translator), La Majstro kaj Margarita (The Master and Margarita) by Mikhail Bulgakov, Book 2, Chapter 21,
- Sub la salikoj, sub ties branĉoj prezentantaj delikatajn, lanugajn amentojn klare videblajn en la lunlumo, dikmuzelaj ranoj sidis en du vicoj
- Under the willow branches, hung with tender, fluffy tassels clearly visible in the moonlight, sat two rows of fat-jowled frogs. (Mirra Ginsburg translation, Grove, 1995)
Galician
Verb
amento
- first-person singular present indicative of amentar
Italian
Etymology
From Latin āmentum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈmɛn.to/, /aˈmen.to/
- Rhymes: -ɛnto, -ento
- Hyphenation: a‧mèn‧to, a‧mén‧to
Noun
amento m (plural amenti)
- (botany) ear, spike (the fruiting body of a grain plant)
- Synonym: infiorescenza a spiga
Further reading
- amento in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- amento in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- amento in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- amento in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- amento in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From āmentum (“strap, thong”) + -ō.
Pronunciation
Verb
āmentō (present infinitive āmentāre, perfect active āmentāvī, supine āmentātum); first conjugation
- to furnish with a strap or thong
- to hurl, dart or speed on something by using or as if by using a thong
Conjugation
Derived terms
References
- “amento”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- amento in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin āmentum.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ẽtu
- Hyphenation: a‧men‧to
Noun
amento m (plural amentos)
- (botany) catkin (botany: a type of inflorescence)
- Synonym: amentilho
Further reading
- “amento”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “amento”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “amento”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “amento”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “amento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin āmentum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈmento/
- Rhymes: -ento
- Syllabification: a‧men‧to
Noun
amento m (plural amentos)
- catkin
Further reading