mental

mental

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English

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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.
    2. Of, relating to, or being intellectual as contrasted with overt physical activity.
    3. Occurring or experienced in the mind.
      Synonym: inner
    4. Relating to the mind, its activity, or its products as an object of study.
      Synonym: ideological
    5. Relating to spirit or idea as opposed to matter.
  2. Of, relating to, or affected by a psychiatric disorder.
    1. (relational) Intended for the care or treatment of persons affected by psychiatric disorders.
    2. (colloquial, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, dated in the US, Canada, comparable) Mentally disordered; insane, mad, crazy.
  3. (colloquial, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, comparable) Enjoyable or fun, especially in a frenetic way.
  4. Of or relating to telepathic or mind-reading powers.
Derived terms
Translations

Noun

mental (plural mentals)

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

Etymology 2

c. 1727, from Latin mentum (“the chin”) +‎ -al.

Adjective

mental (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy, relational) Of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw, genial.
    Synonyms: genial, genian
  2. (biology, relational) Of or relating to the chinlike or liplike structure.
Derived terms
Translations

Noun

mental (plural mentals)

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

References

  • “mental”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • “mental”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Further reading

  • “mental”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “mental”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • mantel, Lament., lament, mantle, Mantel, manlet, Mantle

Asturian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

mental (epicene, plural mentales)

  1. mental

Related terms

  • mente

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [mənˈtal]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [menˈtal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Hyphenation: men‧tal

Adjective

mental m or f (masculine and feminine plural mentals)

  1. mental

Derived terms

  • mentalitat
  • mentalment

Related terms

  • ment

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, 2025
  • “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

Clipping of English mental hospital.

Noun

mental

  1. mental hospital

Verb

mental

  1. to send or commit to a mental hospital

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɑ̃.tal/

Adjective

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

  1. (relational) mind; mental

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Haitian Creole: mantal
  • → Turkish: mantal

Noun

mental m (uncountable)

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

Further reading

  • “mental”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • lament, mêlant

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

mental m or f (plural mentais)

  1. mental

Derived terms

  • mentalmente

Related terms

  • mente

Further reading

  • “mental” in DIGALEGO - Dicionario de Galego, Ir Indo 2004, Xunta de Galicia 2013.
  • “mental”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
  • Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mental”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mentālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɛnˈtaːl]
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

mental (strong nominative masculine singular mentaler, not comparable)

  1. mental

Declension

Indonesian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

mental

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

Noun

mental (plural mental-mental)

  1. mind
    Synonyms: batin, watak

Related terms

Etymology 2

From Betawi mental. Doublet of pental.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

mental

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

Etymology 3

From Sundanese mental.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

mental

  1. useless

Further reading

  • “mental” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mentalis, from mens.

Adjective

mental (neuter singular mentalt, definite singular and plural mentale)

  1. mental

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)

  1. mental

References

  • “mental” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

  • (Masovia):
    • (Far Masovian) IPA(key): /ˈmɛn.tal/

Etymology 1

From medal.

Noun

mental m inan

  1. (Far Masovian) Alternative form of medal

Etymology 2

From motyl.

Noun

mental m animal

  1. (Far Masovian) Alternative form of motyl

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

mental m or f (plural mentais, not comparable)

  1. mental

Derived terms

  • mentalmente

Related terms

  • mente

Romanian

Adjective

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

  1. Alternative form of mintal

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

mental m or f (masculine and feminine plural mentales)

  1. mental

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • “mental”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin mentalis, from Latin mens.

Adjective

mental

  1. mental, pertaining to the mind

Declension

Related terms

  • mentalpatient
  • mentalsjuk
  • mentalsjukhus

Anagrams

  • mantel

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈmental/ [ˈmɛn̪.t̪ɐl]
  • Rhymes: -ental
  • Syllabification: men‧tal

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English mental.

Adjective

mental (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜎ᜔)

  1. mental

Etymology 2

Ellipsis of English mental hospital.

Noun

mental (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜎ᜔)

  1. mental hospital
    Synonym: manikomyo
Related terms
See also

Further reading

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

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