mental

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective involving the mind or an intellectual process
  2. adjective of or relating to the mind
  3. adjective of or relating to the chin- or liplike structure in insects and certain mollusks

Etymology

Borrowing from Middle French mental, from Late Latin mentālis, from mēns (“mind, disposition; heart, soul”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

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