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Webster 1913 Edition
Mental
Men′tal
,Adj.
[L.
mentum
the chin.] (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the chin; genian;
as, the
mental
nerve; the mental
region.Men′tal
,Noun.
(Zool.)
A plate or scale covering the mentum or chin of a fish or reptile.
Men′tal
,Adj.
Of or pertaining to the mind; intellectual;
as,
mental
faculties; mental
operations, conditions, or exercise.What a
This eye shoots forth!
mental
powerThis eye shoots forth!
Shakespeare
Mental alienation
, insanity.
– Mental arithmetic
, the art or practice of solving arithmetical problems by mental processes, unassisted by written figures.
Webster 1828 Edition
Mental
MEN'TAL
,Adj.
Definition 2024
mental
mental
See also: mentál
English
Adjective
mental (not comparable)
- Of or relating to the mind or an intellectual process.
- 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter VI”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:
- “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) Insane, mad, crazy.
- He is the most mental freshman I've seen yet. He went mental on us.
- (colloquial, Britain, comparable) Enjoyable; fun.
- That was a mental party last night.
- (anatomy) Of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw, genial.
- the mental nerve; the mental region
- (biology) Of or relating to the chin-like or lip-like structure.
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Translations
relating to the mind
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relating to the chin
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relating to the chin-like structure
relating to a crazy person
Noun
mental (plural mentals)
External links
- mental in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- mental in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Adjective
mental m, f (masculine and feminine plural mentals)
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Cebuano
Etymology
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
From Late Latin mentālis (“of the mind, mental”), from Latin mēns (“the mind”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
mental m (feminine singular mentale, masculine plural mentaux, feminine plural mentales)
- mental (relating to the mind)
Noun
mental m (uncountable)
- mind
- Elle a un mental d'acier.
Anagrams
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mɛnˈtaːl]
- Rhymes: -aːl
Adjective
mental (not comparable)
Declension
Declension of mental
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist mental | sie ist mental | es ist mental | sie sind mental | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | mentaler | mentale | mentales | mentale |
| genitive | mentalen | mentaler | mentalen | mentaler | |
| dative | mentalem | mentaler | mentalem | mentalen | |
| accusative | mentalen | mentale | mentales | mentale | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der mentale | die mentale | das mentale | die mentalen |
| genitive | des mentalen | der mentalen | des mentalen | der mentalen | |
| dative | dem mentalen | der mentalen | dem mentalen | den mentalen | |
| accusative | den mentalen | die mentale | das mentale | die mentalen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein mentaler | eine mentale | ein mentales | (keine) mentalen |
| genitive | eines mentalen | einer mentalen | eines mentalen | (keiner) mentalen | |
| dative | einem mentalen | einer mentalen | einem mentalen | (keinen) mentalen | |
| accusative | einen mentalen | eine mentale | ein mentales | (keine) mentalen | |
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin mentalis, from mens
Adjective
mental (neuter singular mentalt, definite singular and plural mentale)
References
- “mental” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin mentalis, from mens
Adjective
mental (neuter singular mentalt, definite singular and plural mentale)
References
- “mental” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mẽ.ˈtaɫ/
- Hyphenation: men‧tal
Adjective
mental m, f (plural mentais, comparable)
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Swedish
Adjective
mental
Declension
| Inflection of mental | |||
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| Indefinite/attributive | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | mental | — | — |
| Neuter singular | mentalt | — | — |
| Plural | mentala | — | — |
| 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 an attributive role. | |||
Related terms
- mentalpatient
- mentalsjuk
- mentalsjukhus