menta

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See also: mentá, mentă, and -menta

English

Pronunciation

Noun

menta

  1. plural of mentum

Anagrams

Asturian

Verb

(deprecated template usage) menta

  1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of mentir

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old High German mānitag, from Proto-Germanic *mēniniz dagaz (literally “day of the moon”), calque of Latin diēs Lūnae. Cognate with Dutch maandag, English Monday, German Montag, Icelandic mánudagur, Swedish måndag.

Noun

menta ?

  1. (Luserna) Monday

References

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Latin menta, mentha, from Ancient Greek μίντη (míntē).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛnta̝/, /ˈmenta̝/

Noun

menta f (plural mentas)

  1. mint (any plant in the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae)
  2. spearmint (Mentha spicata)
    Synonym: hortelá
  3. mint tea
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛnta̝/, /ˈmenta̝/

Noun

menta f (plural mentas)

  1. whelk (Buccinum undatum)
    Synonym: bucio
  2. periwinkle (Littorina littorea)
    Synonyms: caramuxo, mentiña, mincha
  3. top sea snail (Clelandella miliaris)
    Synonyms: carlou, mentiña

References

Hungarian

Hungarian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin menta, from Ancient Greek μίνθη (mínthē).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛntɒ]
  • Hyphenation: men‧ta

Noun

menta (plural menták)

  1. mint (any plant in the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative menta menták
accusative mentát mentákat
dative mentának mentáknak
instrumental mentával mentákkal
causal-final mentáért mentákért
translative mentává mentákká
terminative mentáig mentákig
essive-formal mentaként mentákként
essive-modal — —
inessive mentában mentákban
superessive mentán mentákon
adessive mentánál mentáknál
illative mentába mentákba
sublative mentára mentákra
allative mentához mentákhoz
elative mentából mentákból
delative mentáról mentákról
ablative mentától mentáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		mentáé mentáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		mentáéi mentákéi
Possessive forms of menta
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. mentám mentáim
2nd person sing. mentád mentáid
3rd person sing. mentája mentái
1st person plural mentánk mentáink
2nd person plural mentátok mentáitok
3rd person plural mentájuk mentáik

Derived terms

Compound words
Expressions

References

  1. ^ menta in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Italian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin mentha, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek.

Noun

menta f (plural mente)

  1. mint (plant and herb)
  2. peppermint (confection)

Derived terms

Verb

menta

  1. inflection of mentire:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μίνθη (mínthē), ultimately most likely a loan-word from an extinct Mediterranean/south European language. Compare also Armenian մանդակ (mandak).

Pronunciation

Noun

menta f (genitive mentae); first declension

  1. mint (plant)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative menta mentae
Genitive mentae mentārum
Dative mentae mentīs
Accusative mentam mentās
Ablative mentā mentīs
Vocative menta mentae

Derived terms

Noun

(deprecated template usage) menta

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of mentum

References

  • “menta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “menta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • menta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to see with the mind's eye: oculis mentis videre aliquid
    • (ambiguous) to be of sane mind: mentis compotem esse
    • (ambiguous) to be of sound mind: sanae mentis esse
    • (ambiguous) to obscure the mental vision: mentis quasi luminibus officere (vid. sect. XIII. 6) or animo caliginem offundere
    • (ambiguous) to lose one's composure; to be disconcerted: de statu suo or mentis deici (Att. 16. 15)
    • (ambiguous) to lose one's head, be beside oneself: sui (mentis) compotem non esse
    • (ambiguous) enthusiasm: ardor, inflammatio animi, incitatio mentis, mentis vis incitatior

Portuguese

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin menta, mentha, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek μίντη (míntē).

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Portugal" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈmẽ.tɐ/
  • Hyphenation: men‧ta

Noun

menta f (plural mentas)

  1. mint (any plant of the family Lamiaceae)
  2. mint (flavouring extracted from the mint plant)

Synonyms

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin menta, mentha (compare Catalan menta, French menthe, Italian menta), from Ancient Greek μίντη (míntē).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmenta/ [ˈmẽn̪.t̪a]

Noun

menta f (plural mentas)

  1. (botany) mint, peppermint (specifically mentha × piperita)
  2. (color) the color, menta verde
    menta:  

Synonyms

Derived terms

Further reading

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