different between intelligent vs mental

English

Alternative forms

• entelligent (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French intelligent, from Latin intelleg?ns (“discerning”), present active participle of intelleg? (“understand, comprehend”), itself from inter (“between”) + leg? (“choose, pick out, read”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?t?l?d???nt/

Adjective

intelligent (comparative more intelligent or intelligenter, superlative most intelligent or intelligentest)

1. Of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright.
2. Well thought-out, well considered.

3. Characterized by thoughtful interaction.

4. Having at least a similar level of brain power to humankind.

5. Having an environment-sensing automatically-invoked built-in computer capability.

Synonyms

• (of high or quick cognitive capacity): See Thesaurus:intelligent
• (similar level of brain power to mankind): See Thesaurus:self-aware

Antonyms

• stupid

Translations

Danish

Etymology

From French intelligent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enteli??nt/, [ent?eli????n?d?]

Adjective

intelligent

1. intelligent

Inflection

Synonyms

• begavet

Antonyms

• dum
• uintelligent

Derived terms

• intelligent liv
• uintelligent

Related terms

• intelligens

References

• “intelligent” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From French intelligent, from Latin intelleg?ns (“discerning”), present active participle of intelleg? (“understand, comprehend”), itself from inter (“between”) + leg? (“choose, pick out, read”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

intelligent (comparative intelligenter, superlative intelligentst)

1. intelligent, bright, smart

Inflection

Related terms

• intellect
• intellectueel m & adjective
• intelligentia
• intelligentie

French

Etymology

From Latin intellig?ns (“discerning”), present active participle of intelleg? (“understand, comprehend”), itself from inter (“between”) + leg? (“choose, pick out, read”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.te.li.???/, /??.t?.li.???/, /??.t?l.li.???/

Adjective

intelligent (feminine singular intelligente, masculine plural intelligents, feminine plural intelligentes)

1. intelligent

Derived terms

• intelligemment
• téléphone intelligent

Related terms

References

Further reading

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

German

Etymology

From Latin intelleg?ns (“discerning”), present active participle of intelleg? (“understand, comprehend”), itself from inter (“between”) + leg? (“choose, pick out, read”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nt?li???nt/

Adjective

intelligent (comparative intelligenter, superlative am intelligentesten)

1. intelligent
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Declension

Related terms

• hochintelligent
• Intelligenz
• Intellekt
• intellektuell m

Further reading

• “intelligent” in Duden online

Latin

Verb

intelligent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of intellig?

Swedish

Adjective

intelligent

1. intelligent, bright

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?n.t?l/
• Rhymes: -?nt?l

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French mental, from Late Latin ment?lis, from m?ns (“mind, disposition; heart, soul”) +? -?lis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

Adjective

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.

   2. Of, relating to, or being intellectual as contrasted with overt physical activity.
   3. Occurring or experienced in the mind.

      Synonym: inner

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

      Synonym: ideological

   5. Relating to spirit or idea as opposed to matter.

2. Of, relating to, or affected by a psychiatric disorder.
   1. (relational) Intended for the care or treatment of persons affected by psychiatric disorders.

   2. (colloquial, Britain, dated in the US, comparable) Mentally disordered; insane, mad, crazy.

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

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

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

mental (not comparable)

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

   Synonyms: genial, genian

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

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

mental (plural mentals)

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

References

• “mental”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “mental”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Further reading

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

Anagrams

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

Asturian

Etymology

From Late Latin ment?lis from Latin m?ns; equivalent to mente +? -al.

Adjective

mental (epicene, plural mentales)

1. mental

Related terms

• mente

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin ment?lis, from Latin m?ns; equivalent to ment +? -al.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /m?n?tal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /men?tal/

Adjective

mental (masculine and feminine plural mentals)

1. mental

Derived terms

• mentalitat
• mentalment

Related terms

• ment

Further reading

• “mental” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “mental” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “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.

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English mental hospital.

Noun

mental

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

Verb

mental

1. To send or commit to a mental hospital.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin ment?lis (“of the mind, mental”), from Latin m?ns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??.tal/

Adjective

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

1. mental (relating to the mind)

Derived terms

Noun

mental m (uncountable)

1. mind

   Elle a un mental d'acier.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• lament, mêlant

Galician

Etymology

From Late Latin ment?lis, from Latin m?ns; equivalent to mente +? -al.

Adjective

mental m or f (plural mentais)

1. mental

Derived terms

• mentalmente

Related terms

• mente

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ment?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [m?n?ta?l]
• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

mental (not comparable)

1. mental

Declension

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Dutch mentaal, from Middle French mental, from Late Latin ment?lis (“of the mind, mental”), from Latin m?ns (“the mind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?m?ntal]
• Hyphenation: mèn?tal

Adjective

mental

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

Noun

mental

1. mind.

   Synonyms: batin, watak

Related terms

Etymology 2

From Betawi mental. Doublet of pental.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [m?n?tal]
• Hyphenation: men?tal

Verb

mêntal

1. to bounce off

   Synonyms: terpelanting, terpental

2. to backfire

Etymology 3

From Sundanese mental.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [m?n?tal]
• Hyphenation: men?tal

Adjective

mêntal

1. useless.

Further reading

• “mental” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mentalis, from mens.

Adjective

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

1. mental

References

• “mental” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mentalis, from mens.

Adjective

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

1. mental

References

• “mental” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin ment?lis, from Latin m?ns; equivalent to mente +? -al.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /m?.?ta?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /m?.?taw/
• Hyphenation: men?tal

Adjective

mental m or f (plural mentais, comparable)

1. mental

Derived terms

• mentalmente

Related terms

• mente

Romanian

Adjective

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

1. Alternative form of mintal

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin ment?lis, from Latin m?ns; equivalent to mente +? -al.

Adjective

mental (plural mentales)

1. mental

Derived terms

Related terms

• mente
• mentalidad

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin mentalis, from Latin mens.

Adjective

mental

1. mental, pertaining to the mind

Declension

Related terms

• mentalpatient
• mentalsjuk
• mentalsjukhus

Anagrams

• mantel