ment

English Online Dictionary. What means ment‎? What does ment mean?

English

Etymology 1

Verb

ment

1. (obsolete) simple past and past participle of meng

Etymology 2

Verb

ment

1. Obsolete spelling of meant.

Etymology 3

From Korean 멘트 (menteu).

Pronunciation

Noun

ment (plural ments)

1. (South Korean idol fandom) A segment of a performance where artists speak to the audience.

Anagrams

• T-men

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈmen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈment]
• Rhymes: -ent

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan ment, from Latin mentem (“mind”), from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”).

Noun

ment f (plural ments)

1. the mind
2. the spirit

Related terms

• -ment
• dement
• mental

Etymology 2

Verb

ment

1. inflection of mentir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

References

• “ment” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ment”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “ment” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ment” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Verb

ment

1. inflection of mennen:
   1. second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. (archaic) plural imperative

Estonian

Etymology

From Russian мент (ment).

Noun

ment (genitive mendi, partitive menti)

1. (slang) cop (police officer)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

• politseinik
• võmm

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑ̃/

Verb

ment

1. third-person singular present indicative of mentir

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin mentem, accusative singular of mēns (“mind”), from Proto-Indo-European *méntis.

Noun

ment f (plural ments)

1. mind
2. intelligence

Related terms

• mentâl

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛnt]
• Hyphenation: ment
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Etymology 1

From the obsolete verb menik (“to flee”) + -t (causative suffix).

Verb

ment

2. (transitive) to rescue, to save

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

Etymology 2

From the men- stem of the verb megy +‎ -t.

Verb

ment

1. third-person singular past of megy

   Hova ment? ― Where did he/she go?

Participle

ment

1. past participle of megy

Declension

Etymology 3

Adjective

ment (comparative mentebb, superlative legmentebb)

2. (archaic, literary) exempt

   Synonym: mentes

Declension

References

Further reading

• (to save): ment in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• (exempt): ment in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

ment

1. past participle of mene

Anagrams

• -ment, nemt