mental
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
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)
- (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, 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 termsEdit
- amental
- bimental
- extramental
- go mental
- inframental
- intermental
- intramental
- mental aberration
- mental age
- mental asylum
- mental block
- mental breakdown
- mental case
- mental disease
- mental disorder
- mental gymnast
- mental gymnastics
- mental health
- mental home
- mental hospital
- mental hygiene
- mental illness
- mental institution
- mental masturbation
- mental mediumship
- mental midget
- mental patient
- mental reservation
- mental retardation
- mentalese
- mentalism
- mentalist
- mentality
- mentalize, mentalise
- mentally
- neuromental
- nonmental
- physico-mental
- physiomental
- psychomental
- supramental
TranslationsEdit
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Etymology 2Edit
c. 1727, from Latin mentum (“the chin”) + -al.
AdjectiveEdit
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 termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
NounEdit
mental (plural mentals)
ReferencesEdit
- “mental”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “mental”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Further readingEdit
- mental in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- mental in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
AnagramsEdit
AsturianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Late Latin mentālis from Latin mēns; equivalent to mente + -al.
AdjectiveEdit
mental (epicene, plural mentales)
Related termsEdit
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Late Latin mentālis, from Latin mēns; equivalent to ment + -al.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
mental (masculine and feminine plural mentals)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “mental” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “mental”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “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.
CebuanoEdit
EtymologyEdit
Clipping of English mental hospital.
NounEdit
mental
VerbEdit
mental
- 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)
- (relational) mind; mental
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
NounEdit
mental m (uncountable)
- mind
- Elle a un mental d'acier. ― She has a mind of steel.
Further readingEdit
- “mental”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
AnagramsEdit
GalicianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Late Latin mentālis, from Latin mēns; equivalent to mente + -al.
AdjectiveEdit
mental m or f (plural mentais)
Derived termsEdit
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GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
mental (strong nominative masculine singular mentaler, not comparable)
DeclensionEdit
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 |
IndonesianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Dutch mentaal, from Middle French mental, from Late Latin mentālis (“of the mind, mental”), from Latin mēns (“the mind”).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
mental
- mental: of or relating to the mind or an intellectual process.
NounEdit
mental
Related termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Betawi mental. Doublet of pental.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
mêntal
- to bounce off
- Synonyms: terpelanting, terpental
- to backfire
Etymology 3Edit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
mêntal
Further readingEdit
- “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 BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin mentalis, from mens.
AdjectiveEdit
mental (neuter singular mentalt, definite singular and plural mentale)
ReferencesEdit
- “mental” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin mentalis, from mens.
AdjectiveEdit
mental (neuter singular mentalt, definite singular and plural mentale)
ReferencesEdit
- “mental” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Late Latin mentālis, from Latin mēns. By surface analysis, mente + -al.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
mental m or f (plural mentais, not comparable)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
RomanianEdit
AdjectiveEdit
mental m or n (feminine singular mentală, masculine plural mentali, feminine and neuter plural mentale)
- Alternative form of mintal
DeclensionEdit
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 |
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Late Latin mentālis, from Latin mēns; equivalent to mente + -al.
AdjectiveEdit
mental (plural mentales)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “mental”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Late Latin mentalis, from Latin mens.
AdjectiveEdit
mental
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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AnagramsEdit
TagalogEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
AdjectiveEdit
mental
Etymology 2Edit
Clipped form of English mental hospital.
NounEdit
mental
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “mental”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018