# ment
## English
### Etymology 1
#### Verb

ment
* (obsolete) simple past and past participle of meng
** 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 221:For ſince the Redcroſſe knight he erſt did weet, / To beene with Guyon knitt in one conſent, / The ill, which earſt to him, he now to Guyon ment.

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

ment
* Obsolete spelling of meant.

### Etymology 3

From Korean 멘트 (menteu).

#### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)

#### Noun

ment (plural ments)
* (South Korean idol fandom) A segment of a performance where artists speak to the audience.
** 2020 October 12, P. Claire Dodson, Sara Delgado, Natasha Mulenga, “BTS “Map of the Soul” ON:E Concerts: 11 Best Moments”, in Teen Vogue‎, archived from the original on 18 October 2020:Paired with the seven members’ ending ments, the song’s message only intensified.
** 2022 August 11, Arpita Adhya, “Seventeen’s Be the Sun Tour Setlist Includes Mega Hits Like Hot & Rock With You”, in HITC‎, archived from the original on 11 August 2022:Blue-haired Minghao looked ethereal right from the opening ment: […]
** 2022 August 17, Lei Reyes, “Here's What It's Like To Attend Korean Fansigning Events In The Philippines”, in Cosmopolitan‎, archived from the original on 19 December 2022:After all the perks are done, the artist would give a closing ment then the whole audience would get ready for the goodbye session as they exit the venue.

### Anagrams

* T-men

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈmen]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈment]
* Rhymes: -ent

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan ment, from Latin mentem (“mind”), from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”).

#### Noun

ment f (plural ments)
* the mind
* the spirit

##### Related terms

* -ment
* dement
* mental

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

ment
* inflection of mentir:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### References

* “ment” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “ment”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
* “ment” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “ment” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛnt

### Verb

ment
* inflection of mennen:
** second/third-person singular present indicative
** (archaic) plural imperative

## Estonian
### Etymology

From Russian мент (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: /mɑ̃/
* Audio:(file)
* Audio (Canada):(file)

### Verb

ment
* third-person singular present indicative of mentir

## Friulian
### Etymology

From Latin mentem, accusative singular of mēns (“mind”), from Proto-Indo-European *méntis.

### Noun

ment f (plural ments)
* mind
* intelligence

#### Related terms

* mentâl

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmɛnt]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ment
* Rhymes: -ɛnt

### Etymology 1

From the obsolete verb menik (“to flee”) + -t (causative suffix).

#### Verb

ment
* (transitive) to rescue, to save

##### Derived terms

* mentés
* menthetetlen
* mentő
* mentség
(With verbal prefixes):
* átment
* felment
* kiment
* megment

### Etymology 2

From the men- stem of the verb megy +‎ -t.

#### Verb

ment
* third-person singular past of megy
    Hova ment? ― Where did he/she go?

#### Participle

ment
* past participle of megy
** 1926, Gyula Juhász, Esti dal [Evening Song]‎:De ha az alkonyat leszállott, / Olyan kedves, kámzsás barátok / A barna árnyékok nekem, / A messze menteket idézikBut when the dusk has set in / The brown shadows are / Such nice, hooded monks for me, / Recalling those who went afar

##### Declension
### Etymology 3
#### Adjective

ment (comparative mentebb, superlative legmentebb)
* (archaic, literary) exempt
    Synonym: mentes

##### Declension
### References

* ↑ ment in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

### Further reading

* (to save): ment 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
* (exempt): ment 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

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Verb

ment
* past participle of mene

### Anagrams

* -ment, nemt