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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. 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—!
        Synonyms: inner, psychological
    2. Relating to the mind, its activity, or its products as an object of study.
      mental science
    3. Of or relating to intellectual as contrasted with emotional activity.
      mental acuity
    4. 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.
        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

relating to the mind

mental (plural mentals)

  1. (slang) State of mind; ellipsis of mental state.
    y'all need to fix your mentals
  2. (India, offensive) A mentally challenged person.

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *məntom

English mental

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.

relating to the chin

mental (plural mentals)

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

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

mental (epicene, plural mentales)

  1. mental

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

mental m or f (masculine and feminine plural mentals)

  1. mental

Clipping of English mental hospital.

mental

  1. mental hospital

mental

  1. to send or commit to a mental hospital

From Latin mentālis.

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

  1. mental (pertaining to the mind)
    Synonym: åndelig
    Antonym: fysisk
    Coordinate terms: psykisk, sjælelig

Inflection of mental

| | positive | comparative | superlative | | | -------------------------- | ----------------------------------------- | ----------- | -- | | indefinite common singular | mental | — | —2 | | indefinite neuter singular | mentalt | — | —2 | | plural | mentale | — | —2 | | definite attributive1 | mentale | — | — |

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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

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

  1. (relational) mind; mental

mental m (uncountable)

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

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

mental m or f (plural mentais)

  1. mental

Borrowed from Latin mentālis.

mental (strong nominative masculine singular mentaler, not comparable)

  1. mental

Positive forms of mental (uncomparable)

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

mental (comparative lebih mental, superlative paling mental)

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

mental (plural **mental-mental)

  1. mind
    Synonyms: batin, watak

From Betawi mental. Doublet of pental.

mental

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

From Sundanese mental.

mental (comparative lebih mental, superlative paling mental)

  1. useless

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

mental (Jawi spelling مينتل, comparative lebih mental, superlative paling mental)

  1. Mental:
    1. Relating to the mind, thought or intellectual processes.
    2. (informal) Not sane; crazy, insane.
      Synonym: gila

Borrowed from Latin mentalis, from mens.

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

  1. mental

Borrowed from Latin mentalis, from mens.

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

  1. mental

From medal.

mental m inan

  1. (Far Masovian) alternative form of medal

From motyl.

mental m animal

  1. (Far Masovian) alternative form of motyl

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

mental m or f (plural mentais, not comparable)

  1. mental

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

  1. alternative form of mintal

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

mental m or f (masculine and feminine plural mentales)

  1. mental

Borrowed from Late Latin mentalis, from Latin mens.

mental

  1. mental, pertaining to the mind

Inflection of mental

Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular mental — —
neuter singular mentalt — —
plural mentala — —
masculine plural2 mentale — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 mentale — —
all mentala — —

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Borrowed from English mental.

mental (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜎ᜔)

  1. mental

Ellipsis of English mental hospital.

mental (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜎ᜔)

  1. mental hospital
    Synonym: manikomyo