ment

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.

ment

1. Obsolete spelling of meant.

From Korean 멘트 (menteu).

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.

• T-men

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈmen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈment]
• Rhymes: -ent

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

ment f (plural ments)

1. the mind
2. the spirit

• -ment
• dement
• mental

ment

1. inflection of mentir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “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.

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• Rhymes: -ɛnt

ment

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

From Russian мент (ment).

ment (genitive mendi, partitive menti)

1. (slang) cop (police officer)

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• politseinik
• võmm

• IPA^(key): /mɑ̃/

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ment

1. third-person singular present indicative of mentir

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

ment f (plural ments)

1. mind
2. intelligence

• mentâl

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛnt]

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• Hyphenation: ment
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

From the obsolete verb menik (“to flee”) + -t (causative suffix).^[1]

ment

2. (transitive) to rescue, to save

(With verbal prefixes):

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

ment

1. third-person singular past of megy

   Hova ment? ― Where did he/she go?

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

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

ment (comparative mentebb, superlative legmentebb)

2. (archaic, literary) exempt

   Synonym: mentes

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

• (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

ment

1. past participle of mene

• -ment, nemt