ment
English
    
    
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 3
    
From Korean 멘트 (menteu).
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
    
Catalan
    
    
Etymology 1
    
Inherited from Old Catalan ment, from Latin mentem (“mind”), from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”).
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
French
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /mɑ̃/
- Audio - (file) 
- Audio (CAN) - (file) 
Friulian
    
    Etymology
    
From Latin mentem, accusative singular of mēns (“mind”), from Proto-Indo-European *méntis.
Related terms
    
- mentâl
Hungarian
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): [ˈmɛnt]
- Audio - (file) 
- Hyphenation: ment
- Rhymes: -ɛnt
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 mood | Present | Indef. | mentek | mentesz | ment | mentünk | mentetek | mentenek | |
| Def. | mentem | mented | menti | mentjük | mentitek | mentik | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | mentelek | ― | |||||||
| Past | Indef. | mentettem | mentettél | mentett | mentettünk | mentettetek | mentettek | ||
| Def. | mentettem | mentetted | mentette | mentettük | mentettétek | mentették | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | 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 Preterit | Indef. | menték | mentél | mente | menténk | mentétek | mentének | ||
| Def. | mentém | mentéd | menté | menténk | mentétek | menték | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | 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-p. o. | mentendelek | ― | |||||||
| Conditional mood | Present | Indef. | mentenék | mentenél | mentene | mentenénk | mentenétek | mentenének | |
| Def. | menteném | mentenéd | mentené | mentenénk (or mentenők) | mentenétek | mentenék | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | mentenélek | ― | |||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. mentett volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood | Present | Indef. | mentsek | ments or mentsél | mentsen | mentsünk | mentsetek | mentsenek | |
| Def. | mentsem | mentsd or mentsed | mentse | mentsük | mentsétek | mentsék | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | 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 mood | Present | Indef. | menthetek | menthetsz | menthet | menthetünk | menthettek | menthetnek | |
| Def. | menthetem | mentheted | mentheti | menthetjük | menthetitek | menthetik | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | menthetlek | ― | |||||||
| Past | Indef. | menthettem | menthettél | menthetett | menthettünk | menthettetek | menthettek | ||
| Def. | menthettem | menthetted | menthette | menthettük | menthettétek | menthették | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | menthettelek | ― | |||||||
| Archaic Preterit | Indef. | mentheték | menthetél | menthete | mentheténk | menthetétek | menthetének | ||
| Def. | menthetém | menthetéd | mentheté | mentheténk | menthetétek | mentheték | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | menthetélek | ― | |||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, 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-p. o. | menthetendelek or mentandhatlak | ― | |||||||
| Conditional mood | Present | Indef. | menthetnék | menthetnél | menthetne | menthetnénk | menthetnétek | menthetnének | |
| Def. | menthetném | menthetnéd | menthetné | menthetnénk (or menthetnők) | menthetnétek | menthetnék | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | menthetnélek | ― | |||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. menthetett volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood | Present | Indef. | menthessek | menthess or menthessél | menthessen | menthessünk | menthessetek | menthessenek | |
| Def. | menthessem | menthesd or menthessed | menthesse | menthessük | menthessétek | menthessék | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | menthesselek | ― | |||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. menthetett légyen | ||||||||
| Inf. | (menthetni) | (menthetnem) | (menthetned) | (menthetnie) | (menthetnünk) | (menthetnetek) | (menthetniük) | ||
| Positive adjective | menthető | Neg. adj. | menthetetlen | Adv. part. | (menthetve / menthetvén) | ||||
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 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 | 
Adjective
    
ment (comparative mentebb, superlative legmentebb)
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 | 
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
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