mental

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛn.təl/
  • IPA^(key): [ˈmɛɾ̃ɘl], [ˈmɛnɘl]

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• Rhymes: -ɛntəl

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

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.

      mental acuity

   2. Of, relating to, or being intellectual as contrasted with overt physical activity.
      • 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.

   3. Occurring or experienced in the mind.
      • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “The Unexpected”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 240:

        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—!

      Synonym: inner

   4. Relating to the mind, its activity, or its products as an object of study.

      mental science

      Synonym: ideological

   5. Relating to spirit or idea as opposed to matter.
      • the distinction between physical things and mental ideas
2. Of, relating to, or affected by a psychiatric disorder.

   a mental patient

   1. (relational) Intended for the care or treatment of persons affected by psychiatric disorders.

      mental hospitals

   2. (colloquial, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, dated in the US, Canada, comparable) Mentally disordered; insane, mad, crazy.

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

      He went mental on us.

3. (colloquial, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, comparable) Enjoyable or fun, especially in a frenetic way.

   That was a mental party last night.

4. Of or relating to telepathic or mind-reading powers.

   mental telepathy

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

mental (not comparable)

1. (anatomy, relational) Of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw, genial.

   Synonyms: genial, genian

   the mental nerve, the mental region

2. (biology, relational) Of or relating to the chinlike or liplike structure.

mental (plural mentals)

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

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

• “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.

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

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

• IPA^(key): /menˈtal/, [mẽn̪ˈt̪al]

mental (epicene, plural mentales)

1. mental

• mente

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [mənˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [menˈtal]

mental m or f (masculine and feminine plural mentals)

1. mental

• mentalitat
• mentalment

• ment

• “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.

Clipping of English mental hospital.

mental

1. mental hospital

mental

1. to send or commit to a mental hospital

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

• IPA^(key): /mɑ̃.tal/

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

1. (relational) mind; mental

• Haitian Creole: mantal
• → Turkish: mantal

mental m (uncountable)

1. mind

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

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

• lament, mêlant

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

mental m or f (plural mentais)

1. mental

• mentalmente

• mente

• “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, since 2012
• “mental” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Borrowed from Latin mentālis.

• IPA^(key): [mɛnˈtaːl]

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• Rhymes: -aːl

mental (strong nominative masculine singular mentaler, not comparable)

1. mental

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

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

mental

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

mental

1. mind.

   Synonyms: batin, watak

From Betawi mental. Doublet of pental.

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

mêntal

1. to bounce off

   Synonyms: terpelanting, terpental

2. to backfire

From Sundanese mental.

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

mêntal

1. useless.

• “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.

Borrowed from Latin mentalis, from mens.

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

1. mental

• “mental” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Borrowed from Latin mentalis, from mens.

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

1. mental

• “mental” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

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

mental m or f (plural mentais, not comparable)

1. mental

• mentalmente

• mente

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

1. Alternative form of mintal

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

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

mental m or f (masculine and feminine plural mentales)

1. mental

• “mental”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Borrowed from Late Latin mentalis, from Latin mens.

mental

1. mental, pertaining to the mind

• mentalpatient
• mentalsjuk
• mentalsjukhus

• mantel

• IPA^(key): /ˈmental/, [ˈmɛn.tɐl]
• Hyphenation: men‧tal

Borrowed from English mental.

mental (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜎ᜔)

1. mental

Ellipsis of English mental hospital.

mental (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜎ᜔)

1. mental hospital

   Synonym: manikomyo

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