armento

Italian

Etymology

From Latin armentum (“herd of cattle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arˈmen.to/
• Rhymes: -ento
• Hyphenation: ar‧mén‧to

Noun

armento m (plural armenti)

1. herd, usually of cattle

   Synonyms: mandria, branco

   • c. 1831, Giacomo Leopardi, Il passero solitario:

     Odi greggi belar, muggire armenti; ¶ Gli altri augelli contenti, a gara insieme ¶ Per lo libero ciel fan mille giri, […]

     You hear flocks bleating, herds lowing; the other birds happily, racing each other make a thousand circles in the free sky.

2. (by extension, uncommon) livestock

   Synonym: bestiame

3. (by extension, poetic) school (of fish)

   Synonym: banco

Derived terms

• armentario
• armentiere
• armentizio

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• materno, matrone, montare, monterà, normate, ormante, tremano

Latin

Noun

armentō

1. dative/ablative singular of armentum

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin armentum.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁˈmẽ.tu/ [aɦˈmẽ.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁˈmẽ.tu/ [aɦˈmẽ.tu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aɾˈmẽ.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʁˈmẽ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aɻˈmẽ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾˈmẽ.tu/

• Rhymes: -ẽtu
• Hyphenation: ar‧men‧to

Noun

armento m (plural armentos)

1. (collective) herd (herd or flock of cattle or horses)

Further reading

• “armento”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “armento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025