bento

See also: Bento and bentō

English

A typical bento

A homemade bento

Borrowed from Japanese 弁当 (bentō).

bento (plural bento or bentos)

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

a Japanese packed lunch

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 飯盒 (zh), 饭盒 (zh) (fànhé), 便當 (zh), 便当 (zh) (biàndāng) (Taiwan)

Min Nan: 便當 (zh-min-nan), 便当 (piān-tong)
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Japanese: 弁当 (ja) (べんとう, bentō), お弁当 (ja) (おべんとう, o-bentō)

Korean: 벤토 (bento) (Japanese style), 도시락 (ko) (dosirak) (South Korea), 곽밥 (ko) (gwakbap) (North Korea)
Persian: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: bentô (pt)
Russian: бэнто́ (ru) n (bɛntó), бенто́ (ru) n (bentó)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

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

bento (accusative singular benton, plural bentoj, accusative plural bentojn)

benthos (The flora and fauna at the bottom of the ocean or other body of water.)

bento m

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)

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

bento m (plural bentos)

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