mente

See also: ménte, menté, mentė, -mente, and měňte

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin mentem, singular accusative of mēns, from Proto-Indo-European *méntis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmente/ [ˈmẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: men‧te

Noun

mente f (plural mentes)

1. mind (ability for rational thought)

Related terms

• mental

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (Canada (Shawinigan)):

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Verb

mente

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of mentir

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmente/ [ˈmẽn̪.t̪ɪ]
  • Rhymes: -ente
• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛnte/ [ˈmɛ̃n̪.t̪ɪ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: men‧te

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese mente (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin mentem, singular accusative of mēns, from Proto-Indo-European *méntis.

Noun

mente f (plural mentes)

1. mind

   Synonym: caletre

2. memory

   Synonym: memoria

Derived terms

• facer mentes (“to remind”)
• ter mentes (“to think; to intend”)

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “mente”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “mente”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mente”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mente”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mente”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

mente

1. third-person singular present indicative of mentir
2. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of mentir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛntɛ]
• Hyphenation: men‧te
• Rhymes: -tɛ

Etymology 1

From the men- stem of megy +‎ -te (noun-forming suffix).

Noun

mente

1. (often construed with -ben) leaving from somewhere

   Synonyms: távozás, elmenés

2. (often construed with -ben) going somewhere

   Synonyms: menetel, menés

3. (rare) the course, progress of something

   Synonyms: menet, lefolyás, lezajlás

4. the immediate neighborhood of a river, riverbank area

   Synonyms: part, környék, mellék, (as a noun) közel

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	mente	—
accusative	mentét	—
dative	mentének	—
instrumental	mentével	—
causal-final	mentéért	—
translative	mentévé	—
terminative	mentéig	—
essive-formal	menteként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	mentében	—
superessive	mentén	—
adessive	menténél	—
illative	mentébe	—
sublative	mentére	—
allative	mentéhez	—
elative	mentéből	—
delative	mentéről	—
ablative	mentétől	—
non-attributive possessive – singular	mentéé	—
non-attributive possessive – plural	mentééi	—

Possessive forms of mente

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	mentem	—
2nd person sing.	mented	—
3rd person sing.	mente	—
1st person plural	mentünk	—
2nd person plural	mentetek	—
3rd person plural	mentük	—

Derived terms

• menti

Related terms

• mentében
• mentén (along)

Etymology 2

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Noun

mente (plural menték)

2. (archaic) short (Hungarian) fur coat

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	mente	menték
accusative	mentét	mentéket
dative	mentének	mentéknek
instrumental	mentével	mentékkel
causal-final	mentéért	mentékért
translative	mentévé	mentékké
terminative	mentéig	mentékig
essive-formal	menteként	mentékként
essive-modal	mentéül	—
inessive	mentében	mentékben
superessive	mentén	mentéken
adessive	menténél	mentéknél
illative	mentébe	mentékbe
sublative	mentére	mentékre
allative	mentéhez	mentékhez
elative	mentéből	mentékből
delative	mentéről	mentékről
ablative	mentétől	mentéktől
non-attributive possessive – singular	mentéé	mentéké
non-attributive possessive – plural	mentééi	mentékéi

Possessive forms of mente

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	mentém	mentéim
2nd person sing.	mentéd	mentéid
3rd person sing.	mentéje	mentéi
1st person plural	menténk	mentéink
2nd person plural	mentétek	mentéitek
3rd person plural	mentéjük	mentéik

Further reading

• (leaving, going; riverbank): mente in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• (fur coat): mente in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Interlingua

Noun

mente (plural mentes)

1. mind

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmen.te/
• Rhymes: -ente
• Hyphenation: mén‧te

Etymology 1

From Latin mentem, from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”).

Noun

mente f (plural menti)

1. mind

Related terms

• amente
• demente
• mentale
• mentalità
• -mente
• mentire
• menzione
• veemente

Further reading

• mente in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

mente f

1. plural of menta

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mente

1. third-person singular present indicative of mentire

Japanese

Romanization

mente

1. Rōmaji transcription of メンテ

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *méntis

Proto-Italic *mentis

Latin mēns

Latin mente

Noun

mente f

1. ablative singular of mēns

Middle English

Noun

mente

1. alternative form of mynte (“mint (plant)”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

mente

1. simple past of mene

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmẽ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmẽ.tɨ/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ẽtɨ, (most of Brazil) -ẽt͡ʃi, (Southern Brazil) -ẽte
• Hyphenation: men‧te

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese mente, from Latin mentem (“mind”), from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”).

Noun

mente f (plural mentes)

1. mind (ability for rational thought)

   Synonyms: espírito, imaginação, intelecto, intuito

Derived terms

• vir a mente

Related terms

• demente
• menção
• mental
• mentalidade
• mentalização
• mentalizado
• mentalizar
• -mente
• mentecapto
• mentor

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mente

1. inflection of mentir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “mente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “mente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Sardinian

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Latin mēns, mentem (“mind; intellect, thought”), from Proto-Italic *mentis, from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”). Compare Campidanese menti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛn.te/
• Hyphenation: mèn‧te

Noun

mente f (plural mentes) (Logudorese, Nuorese)

1. mind
2. memory

Derived terms

• ammentare

References

• Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964), Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg
• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006), Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes