different between morale vs mental

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French moral.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /m?????l/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /m???æl/
• Rhymes: -æl

Noun

morale (countable and uncountable, plural morales)

1. The capacity of people to maintain belief in an institution or a goal, or even in oneself and others.

   After the layoffs morale was at an all time low, they were so dispirited nothing was getting done.

   Morale is an important quality in soldiers. With good morale they'll charge into a hail of bullets; without it they won't even cross a street.

   • 2012 November 2, Ken Belson, "[1]," New York Times (retrieved 2 November 2012):

     Proponents of the race — notably Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Mary Wittenberg, director of the marathon — said the event would provide a needed morale boost, as well as an economic one.

Synonyms

• esprit de corps

Descendants

• ? Welsh: morâl

Translations

Anagrams

• Lamore, Melora, Merola

Esperanto

Etymology

From moralo +? -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo?rale/
• Hyphenation: mo?ra?le
• Rhymes: -ale

Adverb

morale

1. morally

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?.?al/

Noun

morale f (plural morales)

1. Ethics, morality

Adjective

morale

1. feminine singular of moral

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

From Latin m?r?lem, form of m?r?lis, derived from m?s (“custom, way; law”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo?ra.le/
• Hyphenation: mo?rà?le

Adjective

morale (plural morali)

1. moral

Noun

morale f (plural morali)

1. morals
2. moral philosophy

morale m (plural morali)

1. morale

Related terms

• moralista
• moralistico
• moralità
• moralizzare
• moralizzatore
• moralmente

Anagrams

• malore
• molare
• molerà

Latin

Adjective

m?r?le

1. nominative neuter singular of m?r?lis
2. accusative neuter singular of m?r?lis
3. vocative neuter singular of m?r?lis

References

• morale in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Polish

Etymology

From English morale, from French moral, from Middle French moral, from Old French moral, from Latin m?r?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??ra.l?/

Noun

morale n (indeclinable)

1. morale (capacity of people to maintain belief in an institution or a goal)
2. morals

Noun

morale

1. locative singular of mora?
2. vocative singular of mora?

Further reading

• morale in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• morale in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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