-mento

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See also: mento, mentó, and mentő

Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese -mento, from Late Latin -mentum, -amentum, from Latin -menta.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmento/ [ˈmẽn̪.t̪ʊ]
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛnto/ [ˈmɛ̃n̪.t̪ʊ]
  • Hyphenation: -men‧to

Suffix

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-mento m (noun-forming suffix, plural -mentos)

  1. -ment; forms nouns from verbs, with the sense of "result, product (of process)"

Usage notes

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  • 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.

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Interlingua

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Late Latin -mentum, -amentum, from Latin -menta.

Suffix

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-mento

  1. forming concrete nouns from verbs, with the sense of 'result, product (of process)'

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Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin -mentum, -amentum, from Latin -menta.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmen.to/
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Hyphenation: -mén‧to

Suffix

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-mento m (noun-forming suffix, plural -menti)

  1. 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

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  • Terms formed with this suffix are invariably stressed on the penultimate syllable.
  • Nouns formed from -ere verbs end in -imento.

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Anagrams

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Latin

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Suffix

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-mentō

  1. dative/ablative singular of -mentum

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese -mento, from Late Latin -mentum, -amentum, from Latin -menta.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-mento m (noun-forming suffix, plural -mentos)

  1. -tion (process, action or result)
    Synonyms: -agem, -ção

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Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Late Latin -mentum, -amentum, from Latin -menta. Doublet of -miento.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmento/ [ˈmẽn̪.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Syllabification: -men‧to

Suffix

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-mento m (noun-forming suffix, plural -mentos)

  1. -ment (the action or result of what is denoted by the verb)
    jurar (to swear) + ‎-mento → ‎juramento (oath)

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See also

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