bento

See also: Bento and bentō

English

Etymology

A typical bento.

A homemade bento.

Borrowed from Japanese 弁(べん)当(とう) (bentō). Doublet of biandang.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛntəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛnˌtoʊ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛntəʊ
• Hyphenation: ben‧to

Noun

bento (plural bento or bentos)

1. (also attributive) A Japanese takeaway lunch served in a box, often with the food arranged into an elaborate design.

   Synonym: bento box

2. Synonym of bento box (“a partitioned, traditionally lacquered, lunchbox in which a Japanese takeaway lunch is served”).
3. (Singapore, by extension) A generic meal packed in a disposable bento box.
   • 2020, Chan Joon Yee, Not Quite Over The Hill: Swinging My Way to 60 and Beyond, Dewdrop Books:

     Typical Singaporean lunch bento wolved down in 5 minutes

4. (graphical user interface) A menu icon of nine squares in a grid.

   Coordinate terms: hamburger, kebab, meatball

5. (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

Japanese takeaway lunch served in a box

Arabic: بِنْتُو m (bintū), بِنْتُو m (bentō) Chinese: Cantonese: 飯盒 / 饭盒 (faan6 hap6-2) Hokkien: 便當 / 便当 (zh-min-nan) (piān-tong) Mandarin: 便當 / 便当 (zh) (biàndang) (Taiwan), 飯盒 / 饭盒 (zh) (fànhé), 盒飯 / 盒饭 (zh) (héfàn) 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) Korean: 벤토 (bento) Marathi: बेन्तो m (bento) Persian: بنتو (bentô) Polish: bentō n Portuguese: bentô (pt) Russian: бэнто́ (ru) n (bɛntó), бенто́ (ru) n (bɛntó) Thai: เบ็นโต (ben-dtoo) Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: cơm hộp (vi), bento

synonym of bento box — see bento box

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
• 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.)

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

bento

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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)

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.

Japanese

Romanization

bento

1. Rōmaji transcription of べんと

Mirandese

Etymology

From Latin ventus.

Noun

bento m (plural bentos)

1. wind

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbẽ.tu/

• 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)

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

Spanish

 bentō on Spanish Wikipedia

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)

1. bento