bento

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Japanese 弁(べん)当(とう) (bentō). Doublet of biandang. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɛntəʊ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɛnˌtoʊ/ Rhymes: -ɛntəʊ Hyphenation: ben‧to === Noun === bento (plural bento or bentos) (also attributive) A Japanese takeaway lunch served in a box, often with the food arranged into an elaborate design. Synonym: bento box Synonym of bento box (“a partitioned, traditionally lacquered, lunchbox in which a Japanese takeaway lunch is served”). (Singapore, by extension) A generic meal packed in a disposable bento box. (graphical user interface) A menu icon of nine squares in a grid. Coordinate terms: hamburger, kebab, meatball (graphical user interface) A layout consisting of cards arranged in a modular, irregularly partitioned grid. Coordinate term: masonry (layout) ==== Alternative forms ==== bentō ==== Derived terms ==== bento box ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === bento on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === T-bone, Boten, Bonet, t-bone == Esperanto == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek βένθος (bénthos, “the depths”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbento/ Rhymes: -ento Syllabification: ben‧to === Noun === bento (accusative singular benton, plural bentoj, accusative plural bentojn) benthos (The flora and fauna at the bottom of the ocean or other body of water.) === Further reading === “bento”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN == Indonesian == === 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 (plural bento-bento) 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 [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Japanese == === Romanization === bento Rōmaji transcription of べんと == Mirandese == === Etymology === From Latin ventus. === Noun === bento m (plural bentos) wind == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Homophones: Bento, vento (Porto) Rhymes: -ẽtu Hyphenation: ben‧to === Etymology 1 === From Old Galician-Portuguese beento, bẽeyto, from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin benedictus, perfect passive participle of Latin benedīcō (“to speak well (of)”). Doublet of bendito, a semi-learned borrowing, and Benedito. ==== Adjective ==== bento (feminine benta, masculine plural bentos, feminine plural bentas) 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) Benedictine monk === Further reading === “bento”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “bento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Japanese 弁(べん)当(とう) (bentō). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbento/ [ˈbẽn̪.t̪o] Rhymes: -ento Syllabification: ben‧to === Noun === bento m (plural bentos) bento