mental

English

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Etymology

From Middle French mental, from Late Latin mentalis (“of the mind, mental”), from Latin mens (“the mind”).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɛntəl

Adjective

mental (not comparable)

1. of or relating to the mind or an intellectual process
2. (anatomy) of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw, genial
3. (biology) of or relating to the chin-like or lip-like structure
4. (colloquial, comparable) of or pertaining to a crazy person, crazy

   He is the most mental freshman I've seen yet.

   He went mental on us.

Derived terms

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

Translations

relating to the mind

Arabic: عقلي (ʕáqliy) Chinese: 精神的 (jīngshén de) Czech: duševní (cs) Dutch: geestelijk (nl), mentaal (nl) Finnish: henkinen (fi), mentaalinen (fi), psyykkinen (fi) French: mental (fr) German: geistig (de), mental (de), psychisch (de), seelisch (de) Greek: διανοητικός (el) (dianoitikós) m., πνευματικός (el) (pneumatikós) m., νοητικός (el) (noitikós) m. Haitian Creole: mantal

Italian: mentale (it) Japanese: 心の (こころの, kokoro no), 精神的 (せいしんてき, seishinteki) Korean: 정신의 (jeongsinui) Polish: psychiczny (pl) m., umysłowy (pl) m. Portuguese: mental (pt) Romanian: mintal (ro), mental (ro) m. and n. Russian: умственный (ru) (úmstvennyj) Spanish: mental (es) Swedish: själslig (sv) Volapük: tikälik (vo)

relating to the chin

Greek: πωγωνικός (el) (pogonikós) m., γενειακός (el) (geneiakós) m. Italian: mentale, mentoniero, genieno

Volapük: cünik (vo)

relating to the chin-like structure

relating to a crazy person

Greek: τρελός (el) (trelós) m.

Italian: pazzo (it)

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Italian: amatto

External links

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

Anagrams

• lament, Lament.
• malent
• mantel
• mantle

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French

Etymology

From Late Latin mentalis, from Latin mens.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

mental m. (f. mentale, m. plural mentaux, f. plural mentales)

1. mental

Noun

mental m. (usually uncountable)

1. mind

   Elle a un mental d'acier.

Anagrams

• lament, mêlant

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German

Etymology

From Latin mentālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [mɛnˈtaːl]

Adjective

mental (not comparable)

1. mental

Declension

    Declension of mental

gender		singular			plural
		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	des 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

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Spanish

Adjective

mental m. and f. (plural mentales)

1. mental

Related terms

• mente
• mentalidad

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Swedish

Adjective

mental

1. mental, pertaining to the mind

Declension

Declension of mental

Inflections of mental
Indefinite singular	Common	mental
	Neuter	mentalt
Definite singular	Masc.	mentale
	All	mentala
Plural		mentala

Related terms

• mentalpatient
• mentalsjuk
• mentalsjukhus