-ment
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English -ment, from Old French -ment, from Latin -mentum.
Suffix[edit]
-ment
Usage notes[edit]
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.
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Catalan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-ment
- Attaches to an adjective in the feminine singular to form the corresponding adverb.
- ràpida (“rapid”) + -ment → ràpidament (“rapidly”)
Usage notes[edit]
The resulting adverb has secondary stress where the corresponding adjective has primary stress, as in [ˈrapiðə] → [ˌrapiðəˈmen].
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-ment m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ments)
- Forms nouns from verbs, usually indicating a resulting action or state.
Derived terms[edit]
Franco-Provençal[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-ment
- Attaches to an adjective in the feminine singular to form the corresponding adverb.
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-ment
- Forms nouns from verbs, usually indicating a resulting action or state.
Derived terms[edit]
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Inherited from Middle French -ment, from Old French -ment, from Latin mente.
Suffix[edit]
-ment
- Attaches to an adjective in the feminine singular to form the corresponding adverb.
- franche + -ment → franchement
Usage notes[edit]
With adjectives ending in -ant(e), -ent(e), the suffix combines with the ending to produce -amment, -emment (both pronounced /a.mɑ̃/).
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Inherited from Middle French -ment, from Old French -ment, from Latin -mentum.
Suffix[edit]
-ment
- Forms nouns from verbs, usually indicating a resulting action or state.
- parer + -ment → parement
- abandonner + -ment → abandonnement
- manier + -ment → maniement
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Norwegian Bokmål: -ment
Maltese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Sicilian -menti and Italian -mente, both from Latin mente.
Pronunciation[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-ment
- Forms adverbs from adjectives; -ly
Usage notes[edit]
- Generally restricted to adjectives of Romance origin, but occasional exceptions such as ħerqanament (“eagerly”) are attestable.
Derived terms[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French -ment, from Latin -mentum.
Pronunciation[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-ment
- Forms nouns from verbs, usually indicating a resulting action or state.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “-ment, suf.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-2.
Middle French[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old French -ment, from Latin mente.
Suffix[edit]
-ment
- Attaches to an adjective in the feminine singular to form the corresponding adverb.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- French: -ment
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old French -ment, from Latin -mentum.
Suffix[edit]
-ment
- Forms nouns from verbs, usually indicating a resulting action or state.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Norman[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old French -ment, from Latin mente.
Suffix[edit]
-ment
- Attaches to an adjective in the feminine singular to form the corresponding adverb.
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old French -ment, from Latin -mentum.
Suffix[edit]
-ment
- Forms nouns from verbs, usually indicating a resulting action or state.
Derived terms[edit]
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-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[edit]
From French -ment, from Latin -mentum.
Pronunciation[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-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
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Occitan[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Occitan -ment, from Latin mente.
Suffix[edit]
-ment
- Attaches to an adjective in the feminine singular to form the corresponding adverb.
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Occitan -ment, from Latin -mentum.
Suffix[edit]
-ment
- Forms nouns from verbs, usually indicating a resulting action or state.
Derived terms[edit]
Old French[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-ment
- Attaches to an adjective in the feminine singular to form the corresponding adverb.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-ment
- Forms nouns from verbs, usually indicating a resulting action or state.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Old Occitan[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-ment
- Attaches to an adjective in the feminine singular to form the corresponding adverb.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Occitan: -ment
Etymology 2[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-ment
- Forms nouns from verbs, usually indicating a resulting action or state.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Occitan: -ment
Scots[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English -ment.
Pronunciation[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-ment
- Forms nouns from verbs, usually indicating a resulting action or state.
Swedish[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-ment
Derived terms[edit]
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English lemmas
- English suffixes
- English noun-forming suffixes
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan terms inherited from Latin
- Catalan terms derived from Latin
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan suffixes
- Catalan noun-forming suffixes
- Catalan countable suffixes
- Catalan masculine suffixes
- Franco-Provençal terms inherited from Latin
- Franco-Provençal terms derived from Latin
- Franco-Provençal lemmas
- Franco-Provençal suffixes
- French 1-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms inherited from Middle French
- French terms derived from Middle French
- French terms inherited from Old French
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms inherited from Latin
- French terms derived from Latin
- French lemmas
- French suffixes
- Maltese terms borrowed from Sicilian
- Maltese terms derived from Sicilian
- Maltese terms borrowed from Italian
- Maltese terms derived from Italian
- Maltese terms derived from Latin
- Maltese 1-syllable words
- Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Maltese lemmas
- Maltese suffixes
- Middle English terms borrowed from Old French
- Middle English terms derived from Old French
- Middle English terms derived from Latin
- Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English suffixes
- Middle French terms inherited from Old French
- Middle French terms derived from Old French
- Middle French terms inherited from Latin
- Middle French terms derived from Latin
- Middle French lemmas
- Middle French suffixes
- Norman terms inherited from Old French
- Norman terms derived from Old French
- Norman terms inherited from Latin
- Norman terms derived from Latin
- Norman lemmas
- Norman suffixes
- Norwegian Bokmål terms borrowed from Latin
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Latin
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Norwegian Bokmål/ɛnt
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål suffixes
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples
- Norwegian Bokmål terms borrowed from French
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from French
- Rhymes:Norwegian Bokmål/aŋ
- Norwegian Bokmål noun-forming suffixes
- Occitan terms inherited from Old Occitan
- Occitan terms derived from Old Occitan
- Occitan terms inherited from Latin
- Occitan terms derived from Latin
- Occitan lemmas
- Occitan suffixes
- Old French terms inherited from Latin
- Old French terms derived from Latin
- Old French lemmas
- Old French suffixes
- Old Occitan terms inherited from Latin
- Old Occitan terms derived from Latin
- Old Occitan lemmas
- Old Occitan suffixes
- Scots terms inherited from Middle English
- Scots terms derived from Middle English
- Scots terms with IPA pronunciation
- Scots lemmas
- Scots suffixes
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish suffixes