mental
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EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle French mental, from Late Latin mentālis (“of the mind, mental”), from Latin mēns (“the mind”).
AdjectiveEdit
mental (comparative more mental, superlative most mental)
- Of or relating to the mind or an intellectual process.
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1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter VI, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 24962326:
- “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—!"
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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.
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- (colloquial, comparable) Insane, mad, crazy.
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He is the most mental freshman I've seen yet.
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He went mental on us.
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- (colloquial, Britain, comparable) Enjoyable or fun, especially in a frenetic way.
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That was a mental party last night.
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Etymology 2Edit
1720-30; from Latin mentum (“chin”) + -al.
AdjectiveEdit
mental (not comparable)
- (anatomy) Of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw, genial.
- (biology) Of or relating to the chin-like or lip-like structure.
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NounEdit
mental (plural mentals)
Further readingEdit
- mental in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- mental in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
AnagramsEdit
AsturianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Late Latin mentālis from Latin mēns; equivalent to mente + -al.
AdjectiveEdit
mental (epicene, plural mentales)
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CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Late Latin mentālis, from Latin mēns; equivalent to ment + -al.
AdjectiveEdit
mental (masculine and feminine plural mentals)
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CebuanoEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowing from English mental hospital.
NounEdit
mental
- A hospital facility designed to treat persons with serious mental disorders, as opposed to disorders of the body; a mental hospital.
VerbEdit
mental
- To send or commit to a mental hospital.
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Late Latin mentālis (“of the mind, mental”), from Latin mēns.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
mental (feminine singular mentale, masculine plural mentaux, feminine plural mentales)
- mental (relating to the mind)
NounEdit
mental m (uncountable)
- mind
- Elle a un mental d'acier.
Further readingEdit
- “mental” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
AnagramsEdit
GalicianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Late Latin mentālis, from Latin mēns; equivalent to mente + -al.
AdjectiveEdit
mental m, f (plural mentais)
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GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowing from Latin mentālis.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
mental (not comparable)
DeclensionEdit
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
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 |
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowing from Latin mentalis, from mens.
AdjectiveEdit
mental (neuter singular mentalt, definite singular and plural mentale)
ReferencesEdit
- “mental” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowing from Latin mentalis, from mens.
AdjectiveEdit
mental (neuter singular mentalt, definite singular and plural mentale)
ReferencesEdit
- “mental” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Late Latin mentālis, from Latin mēns; equivalent to mente + -al.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
mental m, f (plural mentais, comparable)
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SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Late Latin mentālis, from Latin mēns; equivalent to mente + -al.
AdjectiveEdit
mental (plural mentales)
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SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowing from Late Latin mentalis, from Latin mens.
AdjectiveEdit
mental
DeclensionEdit
Inflection of mental | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | mental | — | — |
Neuter singular | mentalt | — | — |
Plural | mentala | — | — |
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. |