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-miento

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See also: miento

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmjen.to/
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Hyphenation: -mién‧to

Etymology

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Inherited from Latin -mentum, with umlaut of the short vowel triggered by final -u before it turned to -o.

Suffix

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-miento

  1. (Romanesco, archaic, southern Italy) alternative form of -mento (-ment)

Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Old Spanish -miento. Doublet of -mento.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈmjento/ [ˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
    • Rhymes: -ento
    • Syllabification: -mien‧to

    Suffix

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    -miento m (noun-forming suffix, plural -mientos)

    1. -ment; forms nouns from verbs with the sense of the action or process
      sentir (to feel) + ‎-miento → ‎sentimiento (feeling)

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