mental
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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From Middle French mental, from Late Latin mentālis (“of the mind, mental”), from Latin mēns (“the mind”).
Adjective
mental (comparative more mental, superlative most mental)
- Of or relating to the mind or an intellectual process.
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- “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—!"
- 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, UK, dated in the US) Insane, mad, crazy.
- He is the most mental freshman I've seen yet.
- He went mental on us.
- (colloquial, UK, comparable) Enjoyable or fun, especially in a frenetic way.
- That was a mental party last night.
Derived terms
- bimental
- dementalise
- dementalize
- extramental
- inframental
- intermental
- intramental
- mental aberration
- mental age
- mental asylum
- mental block
- mental breakdown
- mental case
- mental disease
- mental disorder
- mentalese
- mental gymnastics
- mental health
- mental home
- mental hospital
- mental hygiene
- mental illness
- mental institution
- mentalisation
- mentalise
- mentalism
- mentalist
- mentality
- mentalization
- mentalize
- mentally
- mental masturbation
- mental midget
- mental patient
- mental retardation
- mental state examination
- mental status examination
- mini-mental state examination
- neuromental
- nonmental
- physico-mental
- psychomental
- supramental
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Etymology 2
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1720-30; from Latin mentum (“chin”) + -al.
Adjective
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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Noun
mental (plural mentals)
Further reading
- “mental”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “mental”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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Asturian
Etymology
From Late Latin mentālis from Latin mēns; equivalent to mente + -al.
Adjective
mental (epicene, plural mentales)
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Catalan
Etymology
From Late Latin mentālis, from Latin mēns; equivalent to ment + -al.
Pronunciation
Adjective
mental m or f (masculine and feminine plural mentals)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “mental” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “mental”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “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.
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from English mental hospital.
Noun
mental
- A hospital facility designed to treat persons with serious mental disorders, as opposed to disorders of the body; a mental hospital.
Verb
mental
- To send or commit to a mental hospital.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin mentālis (“of the mind, mental”), from Latin mēns.
Pronunciation
Adjective
mental (feminine mentale, masculine plural mentaux, feminine plural mentales)
- mental (relating to the mind)
Noun
mental m (uncountable)
- mind
- Elle a un mental d'acier.
Further reading
- “mental”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Galician
Etymology
From Late Latin mentālis, from Latin mēns; equivalent to mente + -al.
Adjective
mental m or f (plural mentais)
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German
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
mental (not comparable)
Declension
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mentalis, from mens.
Adjective
mental (neuter singular mentalt, definite singular and plural mentale)
References
- “mental” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mentalis, from mens.
Adjective
mental (neuter singular mentalt, definite singular and plural mentale)
References
- “mental” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Late Latin mentālis, from Latin mēns; equivalent to mente + -al.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
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Spanish
Etymology
From Late Latin mentālis, from Latin mēns; equivalent to mente + -al.
Adjective
mental m or f (masculine and feminine plural mentales)
Derived terms
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Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin mentalis, from Latin mens.
Adjective
mental
Declension
Inflection of mental | |||
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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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