mento

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noun

a folk music genre of Jamaica, featuring acoustic instruments and voices.

OriginItalian Mento →
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Meanings

mento1

nounmento (countable and uncountable, plural mentos)

plural mentos

  1. countableuncountablea folk music genre of Jamaica, featuring acoustic instruments and voices.

    Musician who never meet before the journey entertain we with mento song.

    2020, Paul Mendez, Rainbow Milk, Dialogue Books (2021), page 19
  2. countableuncountablean individual mento song.

Mento2

proper nounMento (plural Mentos)

plural Mentos

  1. A surname from Italian.

Origin

  1. ItalianMento
  2. EnglishMento

Borrowed from Italian Mento.

More words from Italian

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with mento

SacramentoSorrentomementobentodivertimentolentodento-pentimento
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Anagrams

monteMonetMotenTenom
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APA

mento. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mento

MLA

“mento.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mento. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mento,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mento.

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