See also: mentál

English edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛn.təl/
    • IPA(key): [ˈmɛɾ̃ɘl], [ˈmɛnɘl]
    • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛntəl

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)

  1. (relational) Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality.
    1. Of or relating to intellectual as contrasted with emotional activity.
      mental acuity
    2. 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.
    3. 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
    4. Relating to the mind, its activity, or its products as an object of study.
      mental science
      Synonym: ideological
    5. Relating to spirit or idea as opposed to matter.
      • the distinction between physical things and mental ideas
  2. Of, relating to, or affected by a psychiatric disorder.
    a mental patient
    1. (relational) Intended for the care or treatment of persons affected by psychiatric disorders.
      mental hospitals
    2. (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.
  3. (colloquial, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, comparable) Enjoyable or fun, especially in a frenetic way.
    That was a mental party last night.
  4. Of or relating to telepathic or mind-reading powers.
    mental telepathy
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Etymology 2 edit

c. 1727, from Latin mentum (the chin) +‎ -al.

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mental (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy, relational) Of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw, genial.
    Synonyms: genial, genian
    the mental nerve, the mental region
  2. (biology, relational) Of or relating to the chinlike or liplike structure.
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Noun edit

mental (plural mentals)

  1. (zootomy) A plate or scale covering the mentum or chin of a fish or reptile.

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Asturian edit

Etymology edit

From Late Latin mentālis from Latin mēns; equivalent to mente +‎ -al.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /menˈtal/, [mẽn̪ˈt̪al]

Adjective edit

mental (epicene, plural mentales)

  1. mental

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Catalan edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Late Latin mentālis, from Latin mēns; equivalent to ment +‎ -al.

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mental m or f (masculine and feminine plural mentals)

  1. mental

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Cebuano edit

Etymology edit

Clipping of English mental hospital.

Noun edit

mental

  1. mental hospital.

Verb edit

mental

  1. to send or commit to a mental hospital

French edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Late Latin mentālis (of the mind, mental).

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Adjective edit

mental (feminine mentale, masculine plural mentaux, feminine plural mentales)

  1. (relational) mind; mental

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Descendants edit

  • Haitian Creole: mantal
  • Turkish: mantal

Noun edit

mental m (uncountable)

  1. mind
    Elle a un mental d’acier.She has a mind of steel.

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Galician edit

Etymology edit

From Late Latin mentālis, from Latin mēns; equivalent to mente +‎ -al.

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mental m or f (plural mentais)

  1. mental

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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

Borrowed from Latin mentālis.

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Adjective edit

mental (strong nominative masculine singular mentaler, not comparable)

  1. mental

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Indonesian edit

 
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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

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛntal]
  • Hyphenation: mèn‧tal

Adjective edit

mental

  1. mental: of or relating to the mind or an intellectual process.

Noun edit

mental

  1. mind.
    Synonyms: batin, watak

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Etymology 2 edit

From Betawi mental. Doublet of pental.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [mənˈtal]
  • Hyphenation: men‧tal

Verb edit

mêntal

  1. to bounce off
    Synonyms: terpelanting, terpental
  2. to backfire

Etymology 3 edit

From Sundanese mental.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [mənˈtal]
  • Hyphenation: men‧tal

Adjective edit

mêntal

  1. useless.

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Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin mentalis, from mens.

Adjective edit

mental (neuter singular mentalt, definite singular and plural mentale)

  1. mental

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin mentalis, from mens.

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mental (neuter singular mentalt, definite singular and plural mentale)

  1. mental

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Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Late Latin mentālis, from Latin mēns. By surface analysis, mente +‎ -al.

Pronunciation edit

 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: men‧tal

Adjective edit

mental m or f (plural mentais, not comparable)

  1. mental

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Romanian edit

Adjective edit

mental m or n (feminine singular mentală, masculine plural mentali, feminine and neuter plural mentale)

  1. Alternative form of mintal

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Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Late Latin mentālis, from Latin mēns; equivalent to mente +‎ -al.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /menˈtal/ [mẽn̪ˈt̪al]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: men‧tal

Adjective edit

mental m or f (masculine and feminine plural mentales)

  1. mental

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Swedish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Late Latin mentalis, from Latin mens.

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mental

  1. mental, pertaining to the mind

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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Tagalog edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: men‧tal
  • IPA(key): /ˈmental/, [ˈmɛn.tɐl]

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from English mental.

Adjective edit

mental (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜎ᜔)

  1. mental

Etymology 2 edit

Ellipsis of English mental hospital.

Noun edit

mental (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜎ᜔)

  1. mental hospital
    Synonym: manikomyo
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Further reading edit

  • mental”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018