mental

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛntəl/

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• Rhymes: -ɛntəl

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

mental (comparative more mental, superlative most mental)

1. Of or relating to the mind or an intellectual process.
   • 1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter VI, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326:

     “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.

2. (colloquial, comparable) Insane, mad, crazy.

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

   He went mental on us.

3. (colloquial, Britain, comparable) Enjoyable or fun, especially in a frenetic way.

   That was a mental party last night.

1720-30; from Latin mentum (“chin”) + -al.

mental (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) 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) Of or relating to the chin-like or lip-like structure.

mental (plural mentals)

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

• mental in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• mental in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

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

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

mental (epicene, plural mentales)

1. mental

• mente

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

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

mental (masculine and feminine plural mentals)

1. mental

• mentalment

• ment

Borrowed from English mental hospital.

mental

1. A hospital facility designed to treat persons with serious mental disorders, as opposed to disorders of the body; a mental hospital.

mental

1. To send or commit to a mental hospital.

Borrowed from Late Latin mentālis (“of the mind, mental”), from Latin mēns.

• IPA^(key): /mɑ̃.tal/

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

1. mental (relating to the mind)

mental m (uncountable)

1. mind

   Elle a un mental d'acier.

• “mental” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• lament, mêlant

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

mental m or f (plural mentais)

1. mental

• mentalmente

• mente

Borrowed from Latin mentālis.

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

mental (not comparable)

1. mental

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.

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mẽ.ˈtaɫ/
• Hyphenation: men‧tal

mental m or f (plural mentais, comparable)

1. mental

• mentalmente

• mente

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

mental (plural mentales)

1. mental

• mentalmente

• mente
• mentalidad

Borrowed from Late Latin mentalis, from Latin mens.

mental

1. mental, pertaining to the mind

• mentalpatient
• mentalsjuk
• mentalsjukhus