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== English == === Alternative forms === ⠰⠞ === Etymology === From Middle English -ment, from Old French -ment, from Latin -mentum. === Pronunciation === === Suffix === -ment (noun-forming suffix, countable and uncountable, plural -ments) Attached to a verb to form a noun meaning the action denoted by the verb or its result. ==== Usage notes ==== Generally attached to stem without changes, except when the stem ends in -dge, where the -e is sometimes dropped, as in abridgment, acknowledgment, judgment, and lodgment, with the forms without -e being preferred in American English. Of these, judgment is the most significant, and usage varies globally; see Judgment: Spelling for discussion. ==== Synonyms ==== -tion -ing ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== -ent === Anagrams === T-men == Aragonese == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin mente. === Suffix === -ment Attaches to an adjective in the feminine singular to form the corresponding adverb. ‎rapida (“rapid”) + ‎-ment → ‎rapidament (“rapidly”) ==== Usage notes ==== The resulting adverb is an oxytone where the corresponding adjective is a paroxytone, as in [raˈpiðə] → [ˌrapiðəˈmen]. == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [ˈme̞n] IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈment] IPA(key): (Central, Northwestern) [ˈmen] === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Latin mente. ==== Suffix ==== -ment Attaches to an adjective in the feminine singular to form the corresponding adverb. ‎ràpida (“rapid”) + ‎-ment → ‎ràpidament (“rapidly”) ===== Usage notes ===== The resulting adverb has secondary stress where the corresponding adjective has primary stress, as in [ˈrapiðə] → [ˌrapiðəˈmen]. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Latin -mentum. ==== Suffix ==== -ment m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ments) Forms nouns from verbs, usually indicating a resulting action or state. ‎patir (“to suffer”) + ‎-ment → ‎patiment (“suffering”) ===== Derived terms ===== == Franco-Provençal == === Etymology 1 === From Latin mente. ==== Suffix ==== -ment (ORB, broad) Attaches to an adjective in the feminine singular to form the corresponding adverb. ‎ôtra (“other”) + ‎-ment → ‎ôtrament (“otherwise”) ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Latin -mentum. ==== Suffix ==== -ment m (plural -ments) (ORB, broad) Forms nouns from verbs, usually indicating a resulting action or state. ===== Derived terms ===== == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mɑ̃/ === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Middle French -ment, from Old French -ment, from Latin mente. ==== Suffix ==== -ment (adverb-forming suffix) Attaches to an adjective in the feminine singular to form the corresponding adverb. ‎franche + ‎-ment → ‎franchement ===== Usage notes ===== With adjectives ending in -ant(e), -ent(e), the suffix combines with the ending to produce -amment, -emment (both pronounced /a.mɑ̃/). ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Middle French -ment, from Old French -ment, from Latin -mentum. ==== Suffix ==== -ment m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ments) forms nouns from verbs, usually indicating a resulting action or state ‎parer + ‎-ment → ‎parement ‎abandonner + ‎-ment → ‎abandonnement ‎manier + ‎-ment → ‎maniement ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Norwegian Bokmål: -ment → Swedish: -mang == Maltese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Sicilian -menti and Italian -mente, both from Latin mente. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mɛnt/ === Suffix === -ment Forms adverbs from adjectives; -ly ==== Usage notes ==== Generally restricted to adjectives of Romance origin, but occasional exceptions such as ħerqanament (“eagerly”) are attestable. ==== Derived terms ==== == Middle English == === Etymology === From Old French -ment, from Latin -mentum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mɛnt/ === Suffix === -ment Forms nouns from verbs, usually indicating a resulting action or state. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: -ment Scots: -ment ==== References ==== “-ment, suf.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-2. == Middle French == === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old French -ment, from Latin mente, from mēns, from Proto-Italic *mentis, from Proto-Indo-European *méntis, from *men- + *-tis. ==== Suffix ==== -ment Attaches to an adjective in the feminine singular to form the corresponding adverb. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== French: -ment === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Old French -ment, from Latin -mentum, from Proto-Italic *-mentom, from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom, from *-mn̥. ==== Suffix ==== -ment m Forms nouns from verbs, usually indicating a resulting action or state. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== French: -ment→ Norwegian Bokmål: -ment→ Swedish: -mang == Norman == === Etymology 1 === From Old French -ment, from Latin mente. ==== Suffix ==== -ment Attaches to an adjective in the feminine singular to form the corresponding adverb. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Old French -ment, from Latin -mentum. ==== Suffix ==== -ment Forms nouns from verbs, usually indicating a resulting action or state. ===== Derived terms ===== == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology 1 === From Latin -mentum. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /mɛnt/ Rhymes: -ɛnt Hyphenation: -ment ==== Suffix ==== -ment (definite singular neuter -mentet, definite singular masculine -menten, indefinite plural -ment or -menter, definite plural -mentene or -menta) Used to form nouns from verbal stems, often denoting an action, means or state; -ment dokument, eksperiment, fundament, instrument, medikament, pigment ― document, experiment, foundation, instrument, drug, pigment === Etymology 2 === From French -ment, from Latin -mentum. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /maŋ/ Rhymes: -aŋ Hyphenation: -ment ==== Suffix ==== -ment (definite singular neuter -mentet, definite singular masculine -menten, indefinite plural -ment or -menter, definite plural -mentene or -menta) Used to form nouns often denoting action, means or state; -ment abonnement, arrangement, bombardement, resonnement, signalement ― subscription, event, bombardment, reasoning, signaling === References === “-ment” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). “-ment” in Store norske leksikon === Anagrams === ment, nemt == Occitan == === Etymology 1 === From Old Occitan -ment, from Latin mente. ==== Suffix ==== -ment Attaches to an adjective in the feminine singular to form the corresponding adverb. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Old Occitan -ment, from Latin -mentum. ==== Suffix ==== -ment Forms nouns from verbs, usually indicating a resulting action or state. ===== Derived terms ===== == Old French == === Pronunciation === (early) IPA(key): /ˈmɛnt/ (classical) IPA(key): /ˈmant/ === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Latin mente, from mēns, from Proto-Italic *mentis, from Proto-Indo-European *méntis, from *men- + *-tis. ==== Suffix ==== -ment Attaches to an adjective in the feminine singular to form the corresponding adverb. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Middle French: -mentFrench: -ment Norman: -ment === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Latin -mentum, from Proto-Italic *-mentom, from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom, from *-mn̥. ==== Suffix ==== -ment m Forms nouns from verbs, usually indicating a resulting action or state. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Middle French: -mentFrench: -ment→ Norwegian Bokmål: -ment→ Swedish: -mang → Middle English: -mentEnglish: -mentScots: -ment == Old Occitan == === Etymology 1 === From Latin mente. ==== Suffix ==== -ment Attaches to an adjective in the feminine singular to form the corresponding adverb. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Occitan: -ment === Etymology 2 === From Latin -mentum. ==== Suffix ==== -ment Forms nouns from verbs, usually indicating a resulting action or state. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Occitan: -ment == Scots == === Etymology === From Middle English -ment. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mənt/ === Suffix === -ment Forms nouns from verbs, usually indicating a resulting action or state. == Swedish == === Suffix === -ment -ment; form nouns from verbs. See also -mang. ==== Derived terms ====