Definition of 'mental'
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mental in British English 1
adjective
1.
4.
a mental hospital
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Derived forms
mentally (ˈmentally) adverb
Word origin
C15: from Late Latin mentālis, from Latin mēns mind
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mental in British English 2
adjective
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Word origin
C18: from Latin mentum chin
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mental in American English 1
(ˈmentl)
adjective
5.
pertaining to intellectuals or intellectual activity
noun
7. offensive
a person with a disorder of the mind
a fascist group made up largely of mentals
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Word origin
[1375–1425; late ME ‹ LL mentālis, equiv. to L ment- (s. of mēns) mind + -ālis -al1]Word Frequency
mental in American English 2
(ˈmentl)
adjective
of or pertaining to the chin
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British English: mental
/ˈmɛntl/ ADJECTIVE
Mental means relating to the mind and the process of thinking.
...the mental development of children.
- American English: mental /ˈmɛntəl/
- Arabic: عَقْلِيّ
- Brazilian Portuguese: mental
- Chinese: 精神的
- Croatian: duševni
- Czech: duševní
- Danish: mental
- Dutch: geestelijk
- European Spanish: mental
- Finnish: henkinen
- French: mental
- German: geistig
- Greek: διανοητικός
- Italian: mentale
- Japanese: 精神の
- Korean: 정신적인
- Norwegian: mental
- Polish: umysłowy
- European Portuguese: mental
- Romanian: mintal
- Russian: умственный
- Latin American Spanish: mental
- Swedish: mental
- Thai: ซึ่งเกี่ยวกับความคิดและจิตใจ
- Turkish: akıl
- Ukrainian: розумовий
- Vietnamese: thuộc về tinh thần
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