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mente

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

Asturian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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mente f (plural mentes)

  1. mind (ability for rational thought)
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French

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Canada):(file)

Verb

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mente

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

Galician

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmente/ [ˈmẽn̪.t̪ɪ]
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛnte/ [ˈmɛ̃n̪.t̪ɪ]
  • Hyphenation: men‧te

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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mente f (plural mentes)

  1. mind
    Synonym: caletre
  2. memory
    Synonym: memoria
Derived terms
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References

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Etymology 2

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Verb

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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

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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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
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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
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Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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mente (plural menték)

  2. (archaic) short (Hungarian) fur coat
Declension
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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

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

Interlingua

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Noun

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mente (plural mentes)

  1. mind

Italian

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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mente f (plural menti)

  1. mind
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Further reading

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

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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mente f

  1. plural of menta

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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mente

  1. third-person singular present indicative of mentire

Japanese

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Romanization

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mente

  1. Rōmaji transcription of メンテ

Latin

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Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *men-
    Proto-Indo-European *-tis
    Proto-Indo-European *méntis
    Proto-Italic *mentis
    Latin mēns
    Latin mente

    Noun

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    mente f

    1. ablative singular of mēns

    Middle English

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    Noun

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    mente

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

    Norwegian Bokmål

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    Verb

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    mente

    1. simple past of mene

    Portuguese

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    Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Pronunciation

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    Etymology 1

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

    Noun

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    mente f (plural mentes)

    1. mind (ability for rational thought)
      Synonyms: espírito, imaginação, intelecto, intuito
    Derived terms
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    Etymology 2

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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb

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    mente

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

    Sardinian

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    Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

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

    Noun

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    mente f (plural mentes) (Logudorese, Nuorese)

    1. mind
    2. memory

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    References

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

    Spanish

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    Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia es

    Etymology

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    Semi-learned borrowing from Latin mentem, from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”). Replaced the inherited Old Spanish form miente.[1]

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    mente f (plural mentes)

    1. mind, intellect

    Derived terms

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    References

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    1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “mente”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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