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ment
English
Verb
ment
- (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of meng
- Obsolete spelling of meant
Anagrams
- T-men
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan, from Latin mentem, accusative singular of m?ns (“mind”), from Proto-Indo-European *méntis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /?ment/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?men/
- Rhymes: -ent
Noun
ment f (plural ments)
- the mind
- the spirit
Related terms
- -ment
- dement
- mental
Verb
ment
- third-person singular present indicative form of mentir
- second-person singular imperative form of mentir
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?nt
Verb
ment
- second- and third-person singular present indicative of mennen
- (archaic) plural imperative of mennen
Estonian
Etymology
From Russian ???? (ment).
Noun
ment (genitive mendi, partitive menti)
- (slang) cop (police officer)
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Synonyms
- politseinik
- võmm
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m??/
Verb
ment
- third-person singular present indicative of mentir
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin mentem, accusative singular of m?ns (“mind”), from Proto-Indo-European *méntis.
Noun
ment f (plural ments)
- mind
- intelligence
Related terms
- mentâl
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?m?nt]
- Hyphenation: ment
- Rhymes: -?nt
Etymology 1
From the obsolete verb menik (“to flee”) + -t (causative suffix).
Verb
ment
- (transitive) to rescue, to save
Conjugation
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From the men- stem of the verb megy +? -t.
Verb
ment
- third-person singular past of megy
Participle
ment
- past participle of megy
- 1926, Gyula Juhász, Esti dal[1] [’Evening Song’]
- De ha az alkonyat leszállott, / Olyan kedves, kámzsás barátok / A barna árnyékok nekem, / A messze menteket idézik
- But when the dusk has set in / The brown shadows are / Such nice, hooded monks for me, / Recalling those who went afar
- De ha az alkonyat leszállott, / Olyan kedves, kámzsás barátok / A barna árnyékok nekem, / A messze menteket idézik
- 1926, Gyula Juhász, Esti dal[1] [’Evening Song’]
Declension
Etymology 3
Adjective
ment (comparative mentebb, superlative legmentebb)
- (archaic, literary) exempt
- Synonym: mentes
Declension
References
Further reading
- (to save): ment in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
- (exempt): ment in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
ment
- past participle of mene
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mend
English
Etymology
From Middle English menden, by apheresis for amenden (“to amend”); see amend.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?nd/
- Rhymes: -?nd
Noun
mend (plural mends)
- A place, as in clothing, which has been repaired by mending.
- The act of repairing.
Derived terms
- on the mend
Translations
Verb
mend (third-person singular simple present mends, present participle mending, simple past and past participle mended)
- (transitive) To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement.
- (transitive) To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace.
- 1685, William Temple, Of Gardens
- 1685, William Temple, Of Gardens
- (transitive) To help, to advance, to further; to add to.
- (intransitive) To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved.
Derived terms
- least said, soonest mended
- mend one's pace
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:repair
Translations
Related terms
Further reading
- mend in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- mend in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- mend at OneLook Dictionary Search
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?nt/
Noun
mend
- genitive plural of menda
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