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 Latin) 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		āmentāvēre, āmentāvērunt
	pluperfect	āmentāveram		āmentāverās		āmentāverat		āmentāverāmus		āmentāverātis		āmentāverant
	future perfect	āmentāverō		āmentāveris		āmentāverit		āmentāverimus		āmentāveritis		āmentāverint
passive	present	āmentor		āmentāre, āmentāris		āmentātur		āmentāmur		āmentāminī		āmentantur
	imperfect	āmentābar		āmentābāre, āmentābāris		āmentābātur		āmentābāmur		āmentābāminī		āmentābantur
	future	āmentābor		āmentābere, āmentāberis		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		āmentēre, āmentēris		āmentētur		āmentēmur		āmentēminī		āmententur
	imperfect	āmentārer		āmentārēre, āmentārēris		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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		āmentāre			āmentārī			āmentāns			—
future		āmentātūrum esse			āmentātum īrī			āmentātūrus			āmentandus
perfect		āmentāvisse			āmentātum esse			—			āmentātus
future perfect		—			āmentātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		āmentātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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 (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “amento”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “amento”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “amento”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “amento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10