amento

See also: -amento

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈmento]
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• Rhymes: -ento
• Hyphenation: a‧men‧to

Noun

amento (accusative singular amenton, plural amentoj, accusative plural amentojn)

1. (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

1. 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)

1. (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

• Moneta, a monte, menato, metano, moneta, nemato-, nomate, temano

Latin

Alternative forms

• ammentō

Etymology

From āmentum (“strap, thong”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aːˈmen.toː/, [äːˈmɛn̪t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈmen.to/, [äˈmɛn̪t̪o]

Verb

āmentō (present infinitive āmentāre, perfect active āmentāvī, supine āmentātum); first conjugation

1. to furnish with a strap or thong
2. to hurl, dart or speed on something by using or as if by using a thong

Conjugation

Conjugation of āmentō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	āmentō	āmentās	āmentat	āmentāmus	āmentātis	āmentant
	imperfect	āmentābam	āmentābās	āmentābat	āmentābāmus	āmentābātis	āmentābant
	future	āmentābō	āmentābis	āmentābit	āmentābimus	āmentābitis	āmentābunt
	perfect	āmentāvī	āmentāvistī	āmentāvit	āmentāvimus	āmentāvistis	āmentāvērunt, āmentāvēre
	pluperfect	āmentāveram	āmentāverās	āmentāverat	āmentāverāmus	āmentāverātis	āmentāverant
	future perfect	āmentāverō	āmentāveris	āmentāverit	āmentāverimus	āmentāveritis	āmentāverint
passive	present	āmentor	āmentāris, āmentāre	āmentātur	āmentāmur	āmentāminī	āmentantur
	imperfect	āmentābar	āmentābāris, āmentābāre	āmentābātur	āmentābāmur	āmentābāminī	āmentābantur
	future	āmentābor	āmentāberis, āmentābere	āmentābitur	āmentābimur	āmentābiminī	āmentābuntur
	perfect	āmentātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	āmentātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	āmentātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	āmentem	āmentēs	āmentet	āmentēmus	āmentētis	āmentent
	imperfect	āmentārem	āmentārēs	āmentāret	āmentārēmus	āmentārētis	āmentārent
	perfect	āmentāverim	āmentāverīs	āmentāverit	āmentāverīmus	āmentāverītis	āmentāverint
	pluperfect	āmentāvissem	āmentāvissēs	āmentāvisset	āmentāvissēmus	āmentāvissētis	āmentāvissent
passive	present	āmenter	āmentēris, āmentēre	āmentētur	āmentēmur	āmentēminī	āmententur
	imperfect	āmentārer	āmentārēris, āmentārēre	āmentārētur	āmentārēmur	āmentārēminī	āmentārentur
	perfect	āmentātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	āmentātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	āmentā	—	—	āmentāte	—
	future	—	āmentātō	āmentātō	—	āmentātōte	āmentantō
passive	present	—	āmentāre	—	—	āmentāminī	—
	future	—	āmentātor	āmentātor	—	—	āmentantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		āmentāre	āmentāvisse	āmentātūrum esse	āmentārī	āmentātum esse	āmentātum īrī
participles		āmentāns	—	āmentātūrus	—	āmentātus	āmentandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		āmentandī	āmentandō	āmentandum	āmentandō	āmentātum	āmentātū

Derived terms

• āmentātus

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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈmẽ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈmẽ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈmẽ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈmẽ.tu/

• Rhymes: -ẽtu
• Hyphenation: a‧men‧to

Noun

amento m (plural amentos)

1. (botany) catkin (botany: a type of inflorescence)

   Synonym: amentilho

Further reading

• “amento” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “amento” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “amento” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “amento” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “amento” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin āmentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmento/ [aˈmẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: a‧men‧to

Noun

amento m (plural amentos)

1. catkin

Related terms

• amiento

 

Further reading

• “amento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014