See also: mentál

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowing from Middle French mental, from Late Latin mentālis, from mēns (mind, disposition; heart, soul) +‎ -ālis (-al, adjectival suffix).

AdjectiveEdit

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, 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 2Edit

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

AdjectiveEdit

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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NounEdit

mental (plural mentals)

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

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AsturianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

AdjectiveEdit

mental (epicene, plural mentales)

  1. mental

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CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

mental (masculine and feminine plural mentals)

  1. mental

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CebuanoEdit

EtymologyEdit

Clipping of English mental hospital.

NounEdit

mental

  1. mental hospital.

VerbEdit

mental

  1. to send or commit to a mental hospital

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

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

  1. (relational) mind; mental

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DescendantsEdit

  • Haitian Creole: mantal
  • Turkish: mantal

NounEdit

mental m (uncountable)

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

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GalicianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

AdjectiveEdit

mental m or f (plural mentais)

  1. mental

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GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin mentālis.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

mental (strong nominative masculine singular mentaler, not comparable)

  1. mental

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IndonesianEdit

 
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Etymology 1Edit

From Dutch mentaal, from Middle French mental, from Late Latin mentālis (of the mind, mental), from Latin mēns (the mind).

PronunciationEdit

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

AdjectiveEdit

mental

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

NounEdit

mental

  1. mind.
    Synonyms: batin, watak

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Etymology 2Edit

From Betawi mental. Doublet of pental.

PronunciationEdit

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

VerbEdit

mêntal

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

Etymology 3Edit

From Sundanese mental.

PronunciationEdit

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

AdjectiveEdit

mêntal

  1. useless.

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin mentalis, from mens.

AdjectiveEdit

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

  1. mental

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin mentalis, from mens.

AdjectiveEdit

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

  1. mental

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PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

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

AdjectiveEdit

mental m or f (plural mentais, not comparable)

  1. mental

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RomanianEdit

AdjectiveEdit

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

  1. Alternative form of mintal

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SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

AdjectiveEdit

mental (plural mentales)

  1. mental

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SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Late Latin mentalis, from Latin mens.

AdjectiveEdit

mental

  1. mental, pertaining to the mind

DeclensionEdit

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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TagalogEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from English mental.

AdjectiveEdit

mental

  1. mental

Etymology 2Edit

Clipped form of English mental hospital.

NounEdit

mental

  1. mental hospital
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