mentón
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French menton, from Vulgar Latin *mentonem, from Latin mentum (“the chin, beard”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /menˈton/ [mẽn̪ˈt̪õn]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: men‧tón
Noun
mentón m (plural mentones)
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “mentón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024