ment

See also: -ment and mént

English

Etymology 1

Verb

ment

1. (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

1. Obsolete spelling of meant.

Etymology 3

From Korean 멘트 (menteu).

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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Noun

ment (plural ments)

1. (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^[1], 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^[2], 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^[3], 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^(key): (Central) [ˈmen]
• IPA^(key): (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)

1. the mind
2. the spirit

Related terms

• -ment
• dement
• mental

Etymology 2

Verb

ment

1. inflection of mentir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. 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, 2025
• “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:

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• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Verb

ment

1. inflection of mennen:
   1. second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. (archaic) plural imperative

Estonian

Etymology

From Russian мент (ment).

Noun

ment (genitive mendi, partitive menti)

1. (slang) cop (police officer)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

• politseinik
• võmm

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑ̃/

• Audio:

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• Audio (Canada):

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Verb

ment

1. 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)

1. mind
2. intelligence

Related terms

• mentâl

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛnt]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ment
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Etymology 1

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

Verb

ment

2. (transitive) to rescue, to save

Conjugation

Conjugation of ment

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
indica­tive	indica­tive	pre­sent	indef.	mentek	mentesz	ment	mentünk	mentetek	mentenek
			def.	mentem	mented	menti	mentjük	mentitek	mentik
			2nd obj	mentelek
		past	indef.	mentettem	mentettél	mentett	mentettünk	mentettetek	mentettek
			def.	mentettem	mentetted	mentette	mentettük	mentettétek	mentették
			2nd obj	mentettelek
		future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. menteni fog.
archaic preterite		indef.	menték	mentél	mente	menténk	mentétek	mentének
		def.	mentém	mentéd	menté	menténk	mentétek	menték
		2nd obj	mentélek
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. ment vala, mentett vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	mentendek	mentendesz	mentend	mentendünk	mentendetek	mentendenek
	def.	mentendem	mentended	mentendi	mentendjük	mentenditek	mentendik
	2nd obj	mentendelek
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	mentenék	mentenél	mentene	mentenénk	mentenétek	mentenének
		def.	menteném	mentenéd	mentené	mentenénk (or mentenők)	mentenétek	mentenék
		2nd obj	mentenélek
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. mentett volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	mentsek	ments or mentsél	mentsen	mentsünk	mentsetek	mentsenek
			def.	mentsem	mentsd or mentsed	mentse	mentsük	mentsétek	mentsék
			2nd obj	mentselek
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. mentett légyen
infinitive	menteni		mentenem	mentened	mentenie	mentenünk	mentenetek	menteniük
other forms	verbal noun		present part.	past part.	future part.	adverbial participle		causative
	mentés		mentő	mentett	mentendő	mentve (mentvén)
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).

Potential conjugation of ment

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
indica­tive	indica­tive	pre­sent	indef.	menthetek	menthetsz	menthet	menthetünk	menthettek	menthetnek
			def.	menthetem	mentheted	mentheti	menthetjük	menthetitek	menthetik
			2nd obj	menthetlek
		past	indef.	menthettem	menthettél	menthetett	menthettünk	menthettetek	menthettek
			def.	menthettem	menthetted	menthette	menthettük	menthettétek	menthették
			2nd obj	menthettelek
archaic preterite		indef.	mentheték	menthetél	menthete	mentheténk	menthetétek	menthetének
		def.	menthetém	menthetéd	mentheté	mentheténk	menthetétek	mentheték
		2nd obj	menthetélek
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. menthet vala, menthetett vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	menthetendek or mentandhatok	menthetendesz or mentandhatsz	menthetend or mentandhat	menthetendünk or mentandhatunk	menthetendetek or mentandhattok	menthetendenek or mentandhatnak
	def.	menthetendem or mentandhatom	menthetended or mentandhatod	menthetendi or mentandhatja	menthetendjük or mentandhatjuk	menthetenditek or mentandhatjátok	menthetendik or mentandhatják
	2nd obj	menthetendelek or mentandhatlak
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	menthetnék	menthetnél	menthetne	menthetnénk	menthetnétek	menthetnének
		def.	menthetném	menthetnéd	menthetné	menthetnénk (or menthetnők)	menthetnétek	menthetnék
		2nd obj	menthetnélek
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. menthetett volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	menthessek	menthess or menthessél	menthessen	menthessünk	menthessetek	menthessenek
			def.	menthessem	menthesd or menthessed	menthesse	menthessük	menthessétek	menthessék
			2nd obj	menthesselek
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. menthetett légyen
infinitive	(menthetni)		(menthetnem)	(menthetned)	(menthetnie)	(menthetnünk)	(menthetnetek)	(menthetniük)
other forms	positive adjective			negative adjective		adverbial participle
	menthető			menthetetlen		(menthetve / menthetvén)

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

1. third-person singular past of megy

   Hova ment? ― Where did he/she go?

Participle

ment

1. past participle of megy
   • 1926, Gyula Juhász, Esti dal [Evening Song]‎^[4]:

     De ha az alkonyat leszállott, / Olyan kedves, kámzsás barátok / A barna árnyékok nekem, / A messze menteket idézik

     But when the dusk has set in / The brown shadows are / Such nice, hooded monks for me, / Recalling those who went afar

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	ment	mentek
accusative	mentet	menteket
dative	mentnek	menteknek
instrumental	menttel	mentekkel
causal-final	mentért	mentekért
translative	mentté	mentekké
terminative	mentig	mentekig
essive-formal	mentként	mentekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	mentben	mentekben
superessive	menten	menteken
adessive	mentnél	menteknél
illative	mentbe	mentekbe
sublative	mentre	mentekre
allative	menthez	mentekhez
elative	mentből	mentekből
delative	mentről	mentekről
ablative	menttől	mentektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	menté	menteké
non-attributive possessive – plural	mentéi	mentekéi

Etymology 3

Adjective

ment (comparative mentebb, superlative legmentebb)

2. (archaic, literary) exempt

   Synonym: mentes

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	ment	mentek
accusative	mentet	menteket
dative	mentnek	menteknek
instrumental	menttel	mentekkel
causal-final	mentért	mentekért
translative	mentté	mentekké
terminative	mentig	mentekig
essive-formal	mentként	mentekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	mentben	mentekben
superessive	menten	menteken
adessive	mentnél	menteknél
illative	mentbe	mentekbe
sublative	mentre	mentekre
allative	menthez	mentekhez
elative	mentből	mentekből
delative	mentről	mentekről
ablative	menttől	mentektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	menté	menteké
non-attributive possessive – plural	mentéi	mentekéi

Further reading

• (to save): ment 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.
• (exempt): ment 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.

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

ment

1. past participle of mene

Anagrams

• -ment, nemt