noun, masculine/mɑ̃.tɔ̃/plural: mentons
menton is masculine in French.
chin
“On put remarquer qu’il avait des petits yeux en amande, et qu’un pli vertical faisait de son menton un derrière de bébé.” — One could note that he had little almond eyes, and that a vertical line made his chin the bottom of a baby.
Related: double menton, mentonnière
Inherited from Old French menton, mentun, from Vulgar Latin *mentō (accusative *mentōnem), from Classical Latin mentum. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to project”). Compare Occitan menton, Catalan mentó, Romansh mintun.