ment

See also: -ment and mént

English

Verb

ment

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

Verb

ment

  1. Obsolete spelling of meant

Etymology 3

From Korean 멘트 (menteu).

Noun

ment (plural ments)

  1. (South Korean idol fandom) A segment of a performance where artists speak to the audience.
    • 2020 October 12, P. Claire Dodson, Sara Delgado, Natasha Mulenga, “BTS “Map of the Soul” ON:E Concerts: 11 Best Moments”, in Teen Vogue, archived from the original on 18 October 2020:
      Paired with the seven members’ ending ments, the song’s message only intensified.
    • 2022 August 11, Arpita Adhya, “Seventeen’s Be the Sun Tour Setlist Includes Mega Hits Like Hot & Rock With You”, in HITC, archived from the original on 11 August 2022:
      Blue-haired Minghao looked ethereal right from the opening ment: []
    • 2022 August 17, Lei Reyes, “Here's What It's Like To Attend Korean Fansigning Events In The Philippines”, in Cosmopolitan, archived from the original on 19 December 2022:
      After all the perks are done, the artist would give a closing ment then the whole audience would get ready for the goodbye session as they exit the venue.

Anagrams

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Verb

ment

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

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • 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

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɑ̃/
  • (file)
  • (file)

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
  • mentâl

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From the obsolete verb menik (to flee) + -t (causative suffix).[1]

Verb

ment

  1. (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
    • 1926, Gyula Juhász, Esti dal [Evening Song]:
      De ha az alkonyat leszállott, / Olyan kedves, kámzsás barátok / A barna árnyékok nekem, / A messze menteket idézik
      But when the dusk has set in / The brown shadows are / Such nice, hooded monks for me, / Recalling those who went afar
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative ment mentek
accusative mentet menteket
dative mentnek menteknek
instrumental menttel mentekkel
causal-final mentért mentekért
translative mentté mentekké
terminative mentig mentekig
essive-formal mentként mentekként
essive-modal
inessive mentben mentekben
superessive menten menteken
adessive mentnél menteknél
illative mentbe mentekbe
sublative mentre mentekre
allative menthez mentekhez
elative mentből mentekből
delative mentről mentekről
ablative menttől mentektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
menté menteké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
mentéi mentekéi

Adjective

ment (comparative mentebb, superlative legmentebb)

  1. (archaic, literary) exempt
    Synonym: mentes
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative ment mentek
accusative mentet menteket
dative mentnek menteknek
instrumental menttel mentekkel
causal-final mentért mentekért
translative mentté mentekké
terminative mentig mentekig
essive-formal mentként mentekként
essive-modal
inessive mentben mentekben
superessive menten menteken
adessive mentnél menteknél
illative mentbe mentekbe
sublative mentre mentekre
allative menthez mentekhez
elative mentből mentekből
delative mentről mentekről
ablative menttől mentektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
menté menteké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
mentéi mentekéi

References

  1. ment in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

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

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