mentre

Shortening of Old Catalan dementre, from Late Latin dum interim.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmen.tɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈmen.tɾe]

mentre

1. while

   Mentre descansa, escolta música. ― While resting, he listens to music.

2. (followed by the subjunctive) as long as

• mentrestant

• “mentre”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “mentre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “mentre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “mentre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• domentre (obsolete)

Inherited from Late Latin dum interim (“while”).^[1][2]

• IPA^(key): /ˈmen.tre/
• Rhymes: -entre
• Hyphenation: mén‧tre

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mentre

1. while; as (during the same time that)

   Synonyms: intanto, nel frattempo

2. while; whilst; whereas (in contrast)

• in quel mentre
• nel mentre

• mentre in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana