# mente
## Asturian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmente/ [ˈmẽn̪.t̪e]
* Rhymes: -ente
* Hyphenation: men‧te

### Noun

mente f (plural mentes)
* mind (ability for rational thought)

#### Related terms

* mental

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Canada):(file)

### Verb

mente
* first/third-person singular present subjunctive of mentir

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmente/ [ˈmẽn̪.t̪ɪ]
** Rhymes: -ente
* IPA: /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)
* mind
    Synonym: caletre
* memory
    Synonym: memoria

##### Derived terms

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

#### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mente”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mente”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (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
* third-person singular present indicative of mentir
* (reintegrationist norm) inflection of mentir:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmɛntɛ]
* Hyphenation: men‧te
* Rhymes: -tɛ

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

mente
* (often construed with -ben) leaving from somewhere
    Synonyms: távozás, elmenés
* (often construed with -ben) going somewhere
    Synonyms: menetel, menés
* (rare) the course, progress of something
    Synonyms: menet, lefolyás, lezajlás
* the immediate neighborhood of a river, riverbank area
    Synonyms: part, környék, mellék, (as a noun) közel

##### Derived terms

* menti

##### Related terms

* mentében
* mentén (along)

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

mente (plural menték)
* (archaic) short (Hungarian) fur coat

##### Declension
### Further reading

* (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
### Noun

mente (plural mentes)
* mind

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmen.te/
* Rhymes: -ente
* Hyphenation: mén‧te

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

mente f (plural menti)
* 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
* plural of menta

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

mente
* third-person singular present indicative of mentire

## Japanese
### Romanization

mente
* Rōmaji transcription of メンテ

## Latin
### Noun

mente f
* ablative singular of mēns

## Middle English
### Noun

mente
* Alternative form of mynte (“mint (plant)”)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Verb

mente
* simple past of mene

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈmẽ.te/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈmẽ.tɨ/
* 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)
* 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
* inflection of mentir:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## 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: /ˈmɛn.te/
* Hyphenation: mèn‧te

### Noun

mente f (plural mentes) (Logudorese, Nuorese)
* mind
* 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

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmente/ [ˈmẽn̪.t̪e]
* Audio (Venezuela):(file)
* Rhymes: -ente
* Syllabification: men‧te

### Noun

mente f (plural mentes)
* mind, intellect

#### Derived terms

* abierto de mente
* grandes mentes piensan igual
* leer la mente
* mente abierta
* mente maestra
* poner la mente en
* tener en mente

#### Related terms

* amente
* demente
* mención
* mencionar
* mental
* mentar
* -mente
* vehemente

### References

* ↑ 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

### Further reading

* “mente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

### Anagrams

* meten, temen, tenme