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See also: Bento and bentō

English

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A typical bento
A homemade bento

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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Esperanto

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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bento

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • 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

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Mirandese

Etymology

From Latin ventus.

Noun

bento m

  1. wind

Portuguese

Pronunciation

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
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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

 bentō on Spanish Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbento/
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Syllabification: ben‧to

Noun

bento m (plural bentos)

  1. bento
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