-mento

== Galician == === Alternative forms === -amento, -emento, -imento === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese -mento, from Latin -mentum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmento/ [ˈmẽn̪.t̪ʊ] Rhymes: -ento IPA(key): /ˈmɛnto/ [ˈmɛ̃n̪.t̪ʊ] Rhymes: -ɛnto Hyphenation: -men‧to === Suffix === -mento m (noun-forming suffix, plural -mentos) -ment; forms nouns from verbs, with the sense of "result, product (of process)" ==== Usage notes ==== In function of the thematic vowel of the verb, and since the early documentation of the language, this suffix takes one the following forms: -amento, -emento or -imento. Note that in Portuguese these forms are just -amento and -imento. ==== Derived terms ==== == Interlingua == === Alternative forms === -amento, -imento === Etymology === From Latin -mentum. === Suffix === -mento forming concrete nouns from verbs, with the sense of 'result, product (of process)' ==== Derived terms ==== == Italian == === Alternative forms === -imento === Etymology === From Latin -mentum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmen.to/ Rhymes: -ento Hyphenation: -mén‧to === Suffix === -mento m (noun-forming suffix, plural -menti) forms nouns that represent the action of a related verb ‎cambiare (“to change”) + ‎-mento → ‎cambiamento (“change (abstract)”) ‎versare (“to pour”) + ‎-mento → ‎versamento (“pouring”) ==== Usage notes ==== Terms formed with this suffix are invariably stressed on the penultimate syllable. Nouns formed from -ere verbs end in -imento. ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === Monte, monte == Latin == === Suffix === -mentō dative/ablative singular of -mentum == Old Galician-Portuguese == === Alternative forms === -amento, -emento === Etymology === Inherited from Latin -mentum, from Proto-Italic *-mentom, from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom, from *-mn̥. === Suffix === -mento -ment Synonyms: -age, -çon ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Fala: -mento Galician: -mento, -amento, -emento, -imento Portuguese: -mento, -amento, -imento === References === Viñas, Xoán López (2015), “-mento”, in “Dicionario de afixos e voces afixadas do galego medieval [Dictionary of Medieval Galician's affixes and affixed terms]”, in Revista Galega de Filoloxía‎[1] (in Galician), volume 8, A Coruña: UDC, →ISBN, page 193, line 2.1.25 == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === -amento, -imento === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese -mento, from Latin -mentum. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ẽtu Hyphenation: men‧to === Suffix === -mento m (noun-forming suffix, plural -mentos) -ment Synonyms: -agem, -ção ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “-mento”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “-mento”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “-mento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Alternative forms === -amento, -imento === Etymology === From Latin -mentum. Doublet of -miento. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmento/ [ˈmẽn̪.t̪o] Rhymes: -ento Syllabification: -men‧to === Suffix === -mento m (noun-forming suffix, plural -mentos) -ment (the action or result of what is denoted by the verb) ‎jurar (“to swear”) + ‎-mento → ‎juramento (“oath”) ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === -miento === Further reading === “-mento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025