ament

See also: Ament

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.mənt/

Etymology 1

From Latin āmentum (“thong, string”).

Noun

ament (plural aments)

1. (botany) A catkin or similar inflorescence. [from 18th c.]
   • 1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 9:

     [T]he scales of the ament in the salix rosea, rose-willow, grow into leaves; and produce other kinds of monsters.

Derived terms

• amentaceous
• amental

Etymology 2

From Latin amens.

Noun

ament (plural aments)

1. A congenital idiot.

Anagrams

• Manet, Nemat, ant'em, antem, manet, meant, menat, menta, nemat-

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin āmentum (“thong, string”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əˈmen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əˈment]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈment]

Noun

ament m (plural aments)

1. (botany) ament, catkin

Further reading

• “ament”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Latin

Verb

ament

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of amō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian amento, Latin amentum.

Noun

ament m (plural amenți)

1. (botany) catkin (a type of inflorescence)

   Synonyms: mâț, mâțișor

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	ament	amentul		amenți	amenții
genitive-dative	ament	amentului		amenți	amenților
vocative	amentule			amenților