mental
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowing from Middle French mental, from Late Latin mentālis, from mēns (“mind, disposition; heart, soul”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
Adjective edit
mental (comparative more mental, superlative most mental)
- (relational) Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality.
- Of or relating to intellectual as contrasted with emotional activity.
- mental acuity
- Of, relating to, or being intellectual as contrasted with overt physical activity.
- 2013 July 19, Ian Sample, “Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 34:
- Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.
- Occurring or experienced in the mind.
- 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “The Unexpected”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 240:
- I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, […], the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis, the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!
- Synonym: inner
- Relating to the mind, its activity, or its products as an object of study.
- mental science
- Synonym: ideological
- Relating to spirit or idea as opposed to matter.
- the distinction between physical things and mental ideas
- Of or relating to intellectual as contrasted with emotional activity.
- Of, relating to, or affected by a psychiatric disorder.
- a mental patient
- (relational) Intended for the care or treatment of persons affected by psychiatric disorders.
- mental hospitals
- (colloquial, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, dated in the US, Canada, comparable) Mentally disordered; insane, mad, crazy.
- He is the most mental freshman I've seen yet.
- He went mental on us.
- (colloquial, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, comparable) Enjoyable or fun, especially in a frenetic way.
- That was a mental party last night.
- Of or relating to telepathic or mind-reading powers.
- mental telepathy
Derived terms edit
- amental
- bimental
- extramental
- go mental
- inframental
- intermental
- intramental
- mental aberration
- mental acrobatics
- mental age
- mental arithmetic
- mental asylum
- mental block
- mental breakdown
- mental calculation
- mental case
- mental cruelty
- mental disease
- mental disorder
- mental-disordered
- mentalese
- mental gymnast
- mental gymnastics
- mental health
- mental home
- mental hospital
- mental hygiene
- mental illness
- mental image
- mental inquest warrant
- mental institution
- mentalism
- mentalist
- mentality
- mentalize, mentalise
- mentally
- mental masturbation
- mental mediumship
- mental midget
- mental model
- mental patient
- mental reservation
- mental retardation
- neuromental
- nonmental
- physico-mental
- physiomental
- psychomental
- supramental
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Etymology 2 edit
c. 1727, from Latin mentum (“the chin”) + -al.
Adjective edit
mental (not comparable)
- (anatomy, relational) Of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw, genial.
- (biology, relational) Of or relating to the chinlike or liplike structure.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
Noun edit
mental (plural mentals)
References edit
- “mental”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “mental”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Further reading edit
- “mental”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “mental”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
Asturian edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin mentālis from Latin mēns; equivalent to mente + -al.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
mental (epicene, plural mentales)
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Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Late Latin mentālis, from Latin mēns; equivalent to ment + -al.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
mental m or f (masculine and feminine plural mentals)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “mental” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “mental”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “mental” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “mental” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
Clipping of English mental hospital.
Noun edit
mental
Verb edit
mental
- to send or commit to a mental hospital
French edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Late Latin mentālis (“of the mind, mental”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
mental (feminine mentale, masculine plural mentaux, feminine plural mentales)
- (relational) mind; mental
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Noun edit
mental m (uncountable)
- mind
- Elle a un mental d’acier. ― She has a mind of steel.
Further reading edit
- “mental”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin mentālis, from Latin mēns; equivalent to mente + -al.
Adjective edit
mental m or f (plural mentais)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “mental” in DIGALEGO - Dicionario de Galego, Ir Indo 2004, Xunta de Galicia 2013.
- “mental” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
- “mental” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
German edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
mental (strong nominative masculine singular mentaler, not comparable)
Declension edit
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist mental | sie ist mental | es ist mental | sie sind mental | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | mentaler | mentale | mentales | mentale |
genitive | mentalen | mentaler | mentalen | mentaler | |
dative | mentalem | mentaler | mentalem | mentalen | |
accusative | mentalen | mentale | mentales | mentale | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der mentale | die mentale | das mentale | die mentalen |
genitive | des mentalen | der mentalen | des mentalen | der mentalen | |
dative | dem mentalen | der mentalen | dem mentalen | den mentalen | |
accusative | den mentalen | die mentale | das mentale | die mentalen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein mentaler | eine mentale | ein mentales | (keine) mentalen |
genitive | eines mentalen | einer mentalen | eines mentalen | (keiner) mentalen | |
dative | einem mentalen | einer mentalen | einem mentalen | (keinen) mentalen | |
accusative | einen mentalen | eine mentale | ein mentales | (keine) mentalen |
Indonesian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Dutch mentaal, from Middle French mental, from Late Latin mentālis (“of the mind, mental”), from Latin mēns (“the mind”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
mental
- mental: of or relating to the mind or an intellectual process.
Noun edit
mental
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Etymology 2 edit
From Betawi mental. Doublet of pental.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
mêntal
- to bounce off
- Synonyms: terpelanting, terpental
- to backfire
Etymology 3 edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
mêntal
Further reading edit
- “mental” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin mentalis, from mens.
Adjective edit
mental (neuter singular mentalt, definite singular and plural mentale)
References edit
- “mental” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin mentalis, from mens.
Adjective edit
mental (neuter singular mentalt, definite singular and plural mentale)
References edit
- “mental” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Late Latin mentālis, from Latin mēns. By surface analysis, mente + -al.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
mental m or f (plural mentais, not comparable)
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Romanian edit
Adjective edit
mental m or n (feminine singular mentală, masculine plural mentali, feminine and neuter plural mentale)
- Alternative form of mintal
Declension edit
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | mental | mentală | mentali | mentale | ||
definite | mentalul | mentala | mentalii | mentalele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | mental | mentale | mentali | mentale | ||
definite | mentalului | mentalei | mentalilor | mentalelor |
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Late Latin mentālis, from Latin mēns; equivalent to mente + -al.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
mental m or f (masculine and feminine plural mentales)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “mental”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Late Latin mentalis, from Latin mens.
Adjective edit
mental
Declension edit
Inflection of mental | |||
---|---|---|---|
Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | mental | — | — |
Neuter singular | mentalt | — | — |
Plural | mentala | — | — |
Masculine plural3 | mentale | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | mentale | — | — |
All | mentala | — | — |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
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Anagrams edit
Tagalog edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Adjective edit
mental (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜎ᜔)
Etymology 2 edit
Ellipsis of English mental hospital.
Noun edit
mental (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜎ᜔)
- mental hospital
- Synonym: manikomyo
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See also edit
Further reading edit
- “mental”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018