bento

Borrowed from Japanese 弁 (べん)当 (とう) (bentō).

• Rhymes: -ɛntəʊ

bento (plural bento or bentos)

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

• bento box

• bentō

• Bonet, T-bone, t-bone

From Ancient Greek βένθος (bénthos, “the depths”).

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.)

From Latin ventus.

bento m

1. wind

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbẽ.tu/
• Hyphenation: ben‧to

From Old Portuguese beento, bẽeyto, from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin benedictus, perfect passive participle of Latin benedīcō (“I speak well (of)”). Cognate of bendito, a semi-learned borrowing.

bento m (feminine singular benta, masculine plural bentos, feminine plural bentas, comparable)

1. holy, sacred

   água benta ― holy water

• bênção
• benzer

From the name of the founder, Saint Benedict of Nursia (Portuguese: São Bento). Compare Spanish benito.

bento m (plural bentos)

1. Benedictine monk