bento

See also: Bento and bentō

English

A typical bento

A homemade bento

Alternative forms

• bentō

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛntoʊ/
• Rhymes: -ɛntəʊ

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) menu icon of nine squares in a grid

   Coordinate terms: meatball, kebab, hamburger, bento

Derived terms

• bento box

Translations

a Japanese packed lunch

• Arabic: بِنْتُو m (bintū), بِنْتُو m (bentō)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 飯盒／饭盒 (faan⁶ hap^6-2)

  Mandarin: 飯盒／饭盒 (zh) (fànhé), 盒飯／盒饭 (zh) (héfàn), 便當／便当 (zh) (biàndāng) (Taiwan)

  Min Nan: 便當／便当 (zh-min-nan) (piān-tong)

• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Indonesian: bento
• Japanese: 弁当 (ja) (べんとう, bentō), お弁当 (ja) (おべんとう, o-bentō)
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• Korean: 벤토 (bento) (Japanese style), 도시락 (ko) (dosirak) (South Korea), 곽밥 (ko) (gwakbap) (North Korea)
• Marathi: बेन्तो m (bento)
• Persian: بنتو (bentō)
• Portuguese: bentô (pt)
• Russian: бэнто́ (ru) n (bɛntó), бенто́ (ru) n (bentó)
• Thai: เบ็นโต (ben-dtoo)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• Bonet, T-bone, t-bone

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Esperanto

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbento]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Hyphenation: ben‧to

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.)

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Indonesian

bento

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛn.to]
• 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

Further reading

• “bento” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Mirandese

Etymology

From Latin ventus.

Noun

bento m

1. wind

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbẽ.tu/

• Hyphenation: ben‧to
• Rhymes: -ẽtu

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese beento, bẽeyto, from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin benedictus, perfect passive participle of Latin benedīcō (“I 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

Related terms

• bênção
• benzer

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