mens

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (declension-3) mind
2. (declension-3) intellect, reason
3. (declension-3) reasoning, judgement
4. (declension-3) heart, conscience (seat of the thoughts and will)
5. (declension-3) disposition
6. (declension-3) thought, plan, purpose, intention

Sinonieme

spiritus

animus

Vertalings

mind

esprit

Geist

mente

ment

mente

geest

👻

verstand

Verstand

mente

spirito

esperit

πνεύμα

Genius

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

[ˈmẽːs]

Etimologie (Engels)

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *men-
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *méntis
Proto-Italic *mentis
Latin mens
Inherited from Proto-Italic *mentis, from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”). Cognate with Sanskrit मति (matí), αὐτόματος (autómatos), μάντις (mántis), Russian мнить (mnitʹ, “to think”), Old English ġemynd (whence English mind), Lithuanian mintis (“thought”).