Neuter

mentum

  1. (declension-2, literally, neuter) the chin; the chin with the hair that grows on it; the beard
  2. (declension-2, neuter) the projecting part of a cornice casting off the rain, the coping

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈmɛn.tũː]
Etymology

From Proto-Italic *məntom, from Proto-Indo-European *mn̥tós (“protruding”), from *men- (“to project”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *munþaz.

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