menta
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
menta
Anagrams[edit]
Asturian[edit]
Verb[edit]
menta
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
menta f (plural mentes)
- mint (plant of the genus Mentha)
- crème de menthe (liqueur flavoured with mint)
Hyponyms[edit]
- herba-sana d'aigua (“water mint”)
- menta bergamota (“orange mint”)
- menta borda (“applemint”)
- menta boscana (“horsemint”)
- menta de gat (“catnip”)
- menta pebrera (“peppermint”)
- menta verda (“spearmint”)
- poliol (“pennyroyal”)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “menta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “menta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “menta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “menta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Cimbrian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old High German mānitag, from Proto-West Germanic *mānini dag (literally “day of the moon”), a calque of Latin diēs Lūnae. Cognate with Dutch maandag, English Monday, German Montag, Icelandic mánudagur, Swedish måndag.
Noun[edit]
menta ?
References[edit]
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Galician[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Latin menta, mentha, from Ancient Greek μίνθη (mínthē).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
menta f (plural mentas)
- mint (any plant in the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae)
- spearmint (Mentha spicata)
- Synonym: hortelá
- mint tea
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
menta f (plural mentas)
- whelk (Buccinum undatum)
- Synonym: bucio
- periwinkle (Littorina littorea)
- top sea snail (Clelandella miliaris)
References[edit]
- “menta”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
- “amenta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “amenta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “menta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “amenta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “menta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “menta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Hungarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin menta, from Ancient Greek μίνθη (mínthē).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
menta (plural menták)
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ 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.)
Further reading[edit]
- menta in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Italian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Latin mentha, from Ancient Greek μίνθη (mínthē).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
menta f (plural mente)
- mint (plant and herb)
- peppermint (confection)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- menta in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
menta
- inflection of mentire:
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmen.ta/, [ˈmɛn̪t̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmen.ta/, [ˈmɛn̪t̪ä]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Ancient Greek μῐ́νθη (mínthē), ultimately most likely a loan-word from an extinct (substrate) Mediterranean/south European language. See Armenian մանդակ (mandak) for more.
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
menta f (genitive mentae); first declension
Inflection[edit]
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[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Catalan: menta
- → Cimbrian: menta
- → Galician: menta
- → Greek: μέντα (ménta)
- → Hungarian: menta
- → Italian: menta
- Old French:
- →? Old Irish: minntus
- Irish: miontas
- → Portuguese: menta
- → Proto-Slavic: *męta (see there for further descendants)
- → Proto-West Germanic: *mintā (see there for further descendants)
- → Sicilian: menta
- → Spanish: menta
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun[edit]
menta n
References[edit]
- “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
- (ambiguous) to see with the mind's eye: oculis mentis videre aliquid
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin menta, mentha, from Ancient Greek μίνθη (mínthē).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ẽtɐ
- Hyphenation: men‧ta
Noun[edit]
menta f (plural mentas)
Synonyms[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin menta, mentha (compare Catalan menta, French menthe, Italian menta), from Ancient Greek μίνθη (mínthē).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
menta f (plural mentas)
- (botany) mint, peppermint (specifically mentha × piperita)
- Synonym: hierba buena
- mint green (color/colour)
- menta:
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
blanco | gris | negro |
rojo; carmín, carmesí | naranja, anaranjado; marrón | amarillo; crema |
lima | verde | menta |
cian, turquesa; azul-petróleo | celeste, cerúleo | azul |
violeta; añil, índigo | magenta; morado, púrpura | rosa, rosado |
Further reading[edit]
- “menta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɛntə
- Rhymes:English/ɛntə/2 syllables
- English non-lemma forms
- English noun forms
- English plurals in -a with singular in -um or -on
- Asturian non-lemma forms
- Asturian verb forms
- Catalan terms inherited from Latin
- Catalan terms derived from Latin
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan nouns
- Catalan countable nouns
- Catalan feminine nouns
- ca:Liqueurs
- ca:Menthinae subtribe plants
- Cimbrian terms inherited from Old High German
- Cimbrian terms derived from Old High German
- Cimbrian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Cimbrian terms derived from Latin
- Cimbrian lemmas
- Cimbrian nouns
- Luserna Cimbrian
- cim:Days of the week
- Galician terms inherited from Latin
- Galician terms derived from Latin
- Galician terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Galician terms with IPA pronunciation
- Galician lemmas
- Galician nouns
- Galician countable nouns
- Galician feminine nouns
- gl:Plants
- Hungarian terms borrowed from Latin
- Hungarian terms derived from Latin
- Hungarian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hungarian/tɒ
- Rhymes:Hungarian/tɒ/2 syllables
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian nouns
- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/enta
- Rhymes:Italian/enta/2 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛnta
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛnta/2 syllables
- Italian non-lemma forms
- Italian verb forms
- Italian heteronyms
- Latin 2-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Latin terms derived from substrate languages
- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
- Latin first declension nouns
- Latin feminine nouns in the first declension
- Latin feminine nouns
- Latin terms with quotations
- Latin non-lemma forms
- Latin noun forms
- Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook
- la:Mint family plants
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ẽtɐ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ẽtɐ/2 syllables
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- pt:Mints
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Spanish/enta
- Rhymes:Spanish/enta/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- es:Plants
- es:Spices and herbs
- es:Greens
- es:Menthinae subtribe plants