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EtymologyEdit

From Middle French mental, from Late Latin mentālis (“of the mind, mental”), from Latin mēns (“the mind”). Also from Latin mentum (“the chin”), depending on usage.

PronunciationEdit

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• Rhymes: -ɛntəl

AdjectiveEdit

mental (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the mind or an intellectual process.
   • 1907, Robert Chambers, chapter 6, The Younger Set^[1]:

     “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 speed-mad fugitives from the furies of ennui, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis, … !”

   • 2013 July 19, Ian Sample, “Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains”, 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.

2. (colloquial, comparable) Insane, mad, crazy.

   he is the most mental freshman I've seen yet;  he went mental on us

3. (colloquial, UK, comparable) Enjoyable; fun.

   That was a mental party last night.

4. (anatomy) Of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw, genial.

   the mental nerve;  the mental region

5. (biology) Of or relating to the chin-like or lip-like structure.

Derived termsEdit

• extramental
• intermental
• intramental
• mentalese
• mentalist
• mentality
• mentally
• mental age
• mental block
• mental disease
• mental home
• mental patient

TranslationsEdit

NounEdit

mental (plural mentals)

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

External linksEdit

• mental in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• mental in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

AnagramsEdit

• lament, Lament., malent, mantel, mantle

EtymologyEdit

From Latin mentālis.

AdjectiveEdit

mental (epicene, plural mentales)

1. mental

Related termsEdit

• mente

EtymologyEdit

From Latin mentālis.

AdjectiveEdit

mental m, f (masculine and feminine plural mentals)

1. mental

Derived termsEdit

• mentalment

Related termsEdit

• ment

EtymologyEdit

From Late Latin mentālis (“of the mind, mental”), from Latin mēns (“the mind”).

PronunciationEdit

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AdjectiveEdit

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

1. mental (relating to the mind)

NounEdit

mental m (uncountable)

1. mind

   Elle a un mental d'acier.

AnagramsEdit

• lament, mêlant

EtymologyEdit

From Latin mentālis.

AdjectiveEdit

mental m, f (plural mentais)

1. mental

Derived termsEdit

• mentalmente

Related termsEdit

• mente

EtymologyEdit

From Latin mentālis.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [mɛnˈtaːl]

AdjectiveEdit

mental (not comparable)

1. mental

DeclensionEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin mentālis.

PronunciationEdit

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mẽ.ˈtaɫ/
• Hyphenation: men‧tal

AdjectiveEdit

mental m, f (plural mentais; comparable)

1. mental

Derived termsEdit

• mentalmente

Related termsEdit

• mente

EtymologyEdit

From Latin mentālis.

AdjectiveEdit

mental m, f (plural mentales)

1. mental

Derived termsEdit

• mentalmente

Related termsEdit

• mente
• mentalidad

AdjectiveEdit

mental

1. mental, pertaining to the mind

DeclensionEdit

Related termsEdit

• mentalpatient
• mentalsjuk
• mentalsjukhus