different between manta vs menta

English

Etymology

Spanish manta (“blanket”)

Noun

manta (plural mantas)

1. A kind of fabric or blanket used in Latin America and southwestern United States.
2. Ellipsis of manta ray.

Derived terms

• Alfred manta (Mobula alfredi)
• giant manta (Mobula birostris)

Anagrams

• Tamna, atman, manat

Asturian

Noun

manta f (plural mantes)

1. blanket

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?man.t?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?man.ta/

Etymology 1

Compare Spanish manta.

Noun

manta f (plural mantes)

1. blanket
2. manta ray

Etymology 2

Adjective

manta

1. feminine singular of mant

Further reading

• “manta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cebuano

Etymology

From English manta ray, from Spanish manta.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: man?ta

Noun

manta

1. a manta ray; any of several very large pelagic rays of the genus Manta

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish manta (“blanket”).

Noun

manta

1. blanket

Galician

Etymology

Attested from the 11th century in local Medieval Latin documents. From manto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?manta?/

Noun

manta f (plural mantas)

1. blanket
   • 1327, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Vigo: Galaxia, page 79:

     e proueam á dita albergaría de leytos e de feltros et mantas e de cubertas e manteñan y hun ome e hua moller que aguarde a roupa e faça os leytos aos doentes e os caldos quando lles conpryr

     and they should provide that hospital with beds and felts and blankets and covers, and they should keep there a man and a woman who should guard the clothes and make the beds of the sick and the hot soup when they would need it

   Synonym: cobertor

2. runner stone (upper millstone)
3. fry shoal

Derived terms

• a manta

References

• “manta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “manta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “manta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “manta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Ilocano

Etymology

From Spanish manta.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: man?ta
• IPA^(key): /?manta/

Noun

manta

1. blanket

Latvian

Noun

manta f (4th declension)

1. property

2. wealth, riches

3. things, objects

Declension

Derived terms

• mant?ba
• mant?gs, mant?gums
• nemant?gs

Malagasy

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *m?taq, compare Indonesian mentah, Maori mata.

Adjective

manta

1. raw (uncooked)

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit ?????? (mantra).

Noun

manta n

1. charm, spell, incantation

Declension

Papantla Totonac

Noun

manta inan

1. sweet potato

References

• Crescencio García Ramos, Diccionario Básico Totonaco-Español Español-Totonaco (Xalapa, Academia Veracruzana de las Lenguas Indígenas, 2007)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?man.ta/

Etymology 1

From Spanish manta.

Noun

manta f

1. manta ray

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

manta n

1. genitive singular of manto
2. nominative plural of manto
3. accusative plural of manto
4. vocative plural of manto

Further reading

• manta in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• manta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From manto.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?m??.t?/
• Hyphenation: man?ta

Noun

manta f (plural mantas)

1. blanket

Romanian

Etymology

Ultimately from French manteau, probably through the intermediate of another language.

Noun

manta f (plural mantale)

1. mantle, cloak, wrap

Related terms

• mantie, mant?

Spanish

Etymology

From manto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?manta/, [?mãn?.t?a]

Noun

manta f (plural mantas)

1. blanket, cloth, cloth banner

   Synonyms: cobija, colcha, frazada

2. poncho
3. a fish trap shaped like a blanket
4. (zoology) manta ray

Derived terms

Further reading

• “manta” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Yankunytjatjara

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?manta/

Noun

manta

1. earth, soil
2. land

References

• "manta" in Cliff Goddard (1992) Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara to English Dictionary, 2nd edition

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?nt?/

Noun

menta

1. plural of mentum

Anagrams

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

Asturian

Verb

menta

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of mentir

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin menta.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?men.t?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?men.ta/

Noun

menta f (plural mentes)

1. mint (plant of the genus Mentha)
2. crème de menthe (liqueur flavoured with mint)

Hyponyms

• menta bergamota (“orange mint”)
• menta borda (“applemint”)
• menta boscana (“horsemint”)
• menta de gat (“catnip”)
• menta pebrera (“peppermint”)
• menta verda (“spearmint”)
• poliol

Related terms

• mendastre

Further reading

• “menta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• matak, méentag

Etymology

From Old High German m?nitag, from Proto-West Germanic *m?nini dag (literally “day of the moon”), a calque of Latin di?s L?nae. Cognate with Dutch maandag, English Monday, German Montag, Icelandic mánudagur, Swedish måndag.

Noun

menta ?

1. (Luserna) Monday

References

• “menta” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Galician

Alternative forms

• amenta

Etymology 1

From Latin menta, mentha, from Ancient Greek ????? (mínt?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?nta?/, /?menta?/

Noun

menta f (plural mentas)

1. mint (any plant in the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae)
2. spearmint (Mentha spicata)

   Synonym: hortelá

3. mint tea

Derived terms

• menta da cobra

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?nta?/, /?menta?/

Noun

menta f (plural mentas)

1. whelk (Buccinum undatum)

   Synonym: bucio

2. periwinkle (Littorina littorea)

   Synonyms: caramuxo, mentiña, mincha

3. top sea snail (Clelandella miliaris)

   Synonyms: carlou, mentiña

References

• “amenta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “amenta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “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

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin menta, from Ancient Greek ????? (mínth?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?m?nt?]
• Hyphenation: men?ta
• Rhymes: -t?

Noun

menta (plural menták)

1. mint (any plant in the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae)

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• menta in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin mentha, from Ancient Greek ????? (mínth?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?men.ta/

Noun

menta f (plural mente)

1. mint (plant and herb)
2. peppermint (confection)

Derived terms

• menta piperita
• verde menta

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?n.ta/

Verb

menta

1. inflection of mentire:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Latin

Alternative forms

• mentha

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (mínth?), ultimately most likely a loan-word from an extinct (substrate) Mediterranean/south European language. See Armenian ?????? (mandak) for more.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?men.ta/, [?m?n?t?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?men.ta/, [?m?n?t??]

Noun

menta f (genitive mentae); first declension

1. mint (plant)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• mentastrum

Noun

menta

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of mentum

Descendants

• Catalan: menta
• Cimbrian: menta
• Old French: [Term?]
  • French: menthe
    • Haitian Creole: mant
    • ? Romanian: ment?
  • Norman: menthe
• Galician: menta
• ? Greek: ????? (ménta)
• ? Hungarian: menta
• ?? Old Irish: minntus
  • Irish: miontas
• Italian: menta
• Portuguese: menta
• ? Slavic: *m?ta (see there for further descendants)
  • ? Romanian: mint?
• Spanish: menta
• ? West Germanic: *mint? (see there for further descendants)
  • Old English: minte
    • Middle English: mynte, mente, minte, mynt, mint
      • English: mint
      • Scots: mint
      • ? Welsh: mint

References

• 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.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin menta, mentha, from Ancient Greek ????? (mínt?).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /?m?.t?/
• Hyphenation: men?ta

Noun

menta f (plural mentas)

1. mint (any plant of the family Lamiaceae)
2. mint (flavouring extracted from the mint plant)

Synonyms

• hortelã

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin menta, mentha (compare Catalan menta, French menthe, Italian menta), from Ancient Greek ????? (mínt?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?menta/, [?m?n?.t?a]
• Hyphenation: men?ta

Noun

menta f (plural mentas)

1. (botany) mint, peppermint (specifically mentha × piperita)

   Synonym: hierba buena

2. (color) the color, menta verde

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

• “menta” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.