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mental

See also: mentál

English

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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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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Noun

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mental (plural mentals)

  1. (slang) State of mind; ellipsis of mental state.
    y'all need to fix your mentals

Etymology 2

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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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mental (plural mentals)

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

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Asturian

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Etymology

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

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

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mental (epicene, plural mentales)

  1. mental
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Catalan

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Etymology

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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

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Etymology

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Clipping of English mental hospital.

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mental

  1. mental hospital

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mental

  1. to send or commit to a mental hospital

French

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Etymology

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

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

  1. (relational) mind; mental

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  • Haitian Creole: mantal
  • → Turkish: mantal

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mental m (uncountable)

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

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Galician

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Etymology

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

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  • IPA(key): /menˈtal/ [mẽn̪ˈt̪ɑɫ]
  • IPA(key): /mɛnˈtal/ [mɛ̃n̪ˈt̪ɑɫ]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Hyphenation: men‧tal

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mental m or f (plural mentais)

  1. mental

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German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin mentālis.

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mental (strong nominative masculine singular mentaler, not comparable)

  1. mental

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Positive forms of mental (uncomparable)
number & gender singular plural
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

Indonesian

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Etymology 1

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

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

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mental

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

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mental

  1. mind.
    Synonyms: batin, watak
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Etymology 2

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From Betawi mental. Doublet of pental.

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

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mêntal

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

Etymology 3

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From Sundanese mental.

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

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mêntal

  1. useless.

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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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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Norwegian Nynorsk

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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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Polish

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From medal.

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mental m inan

  1. (Far Masovian) Alternative form of medal

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From motyl.

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mental m animal

  1. (Far Masovian) Alternative form of motyl

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  • Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “mental”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 114

Portuguese

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Etymology

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

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

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mental m or f (plural mentais, not comparable)

  1. mental

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Romanian

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Adjective

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

  1. Alternative form of mintal

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singular plural
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

Spanish

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Etymology

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

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

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mental m or f (masculine and feminine plural mentales)

  1. mental

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Late Latin mentalis, from Latin mens.

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mental

  1. mental, pertaining to the mind

Declension

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Inflection of mental
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular mental — —
neuter singular mentalt — —
plural mentala — —
masculine plural2 mentale — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 mentale — —
all mentala — —

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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Tagalog

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English mental.

Adjective

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mental (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜎ᜔)

  1. mental

Etymology 2

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Ellipsis of English mental hospital.

Noun

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mental (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜎ᜔)

  1. mental hospital
    Synonym: manikomyo
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Further reading

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