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From Middle English -ment, from Late Latin -amentum, from -mentum via Old French -ment.

-ment

1. Attached to a verb to form a noun meaning the action denoted by the verb or its result.

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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• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈmen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [ˈment]

Inherited from Old Catalan -ment, from Latin mente, ablative singular of mēns (“mind”).

-ment

1. added to the feminine singular form of an adjective to form an adverb; compare English -wise, -ly

   ‎actual (“current”) + ‎-ment → ‎actualment (“currently”)

• In adverbs formed with the suffix -ment, two syllables are stressed: the syllable that was stressed in the original adjective, and the suffix. For example, ràpida (“quick”, feminine singular) yields ràpidament (“quickly”), which is stressed /ˌra.pi.ðə.ˈmen/, as if spelled ràpidamént.

Inherited from Old Catalan -ment, from Latin -mentum, from earlier Latin -menta.

-ment m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ments)

1. forms nouns from verbs; cognate with -ment

   ‎patir (“to suffer”) + ‎-ment → ‎patiment (“suffering”)

• IPA^(key): /mɑ̃/

Inherited from Middle French -ment, from Old French -ment, from Latin mente, ablative singular of mēns (“mind”). This Latin noun was feminine, which explains why adverbs formed with this suffix use the feminine form of the adjective; for example, vivement comes from vive (feminine form of vif) + -ment, and could be glossed as "in a lively spirit".

-ment

1. Used to form adverbs (from the feminine form of an adjective), most of the time equivalent to the English -wise, -ly.

   ‎rapide + ‎-ment → ‎rapidement

With adjectives ending in -ant(e), -ent(e), the suffix combines with the ending to produce -amment, -emment (both pronounced /a.mɑ̃/).

Inherited from Middle French -ment, from Old French -ment, from Late Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta, from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ plus *-teh₂.

-ment

1. Used to form nouns from verbs, usually indicating a resulting action or state. Equivalent to the English -ment.

   ‎parer + ‎-ment → ‎parement

   ‎abandonner + ‎-ment → ‎abandonnement

   ‎manier + ‎-ment → ‎maniement

• → Norwegian Bokmål: -ment

Borrowed from Sicilian -menti and Italian -mente, from Latin mens.

• IPA^(key): /mɛnt/

-ment

1. Forms adverbs form adjectives; -ly

• Generally restricted to adjectives of Romance origin, but occasional exceptions such as ħerqanament (“eagerly”) are attestable.

From Old French -ment, from Latin -mentum.

• IPA^(key): /mɛnt/

-ment

1. Forms nouns denoting a result or action from verbal roots; -ment.

• English: -ment
• Scots: -ment

• “-ment, suf.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-2.

• From Old French -ment, from Latin mente, the ablative singular of mēns (“mind”).
• From Old French -ment, from Late Latin -mentum

-ment

1. Used to form adverbs, most of the time equivalent to the English -wise, -ly.
2. Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.

• French: -ment
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: -ment

From Old French -ment, from Latin mente, the ablative singular of mēns (“mind”).

-ment

1. used to form adverbs (from the feminine form of an adjective)

From Late Latin -mentum (“instrument, medium, or result of”), from -menta, from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥teh₂, from *-mn̥ (creates action nouns or result nouns) + *-teh₂ (forms nouns representing state of being).

• IPA^(key): /mɛnt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛnt
• Hyphenation: -ment

-ment (definite singular neuter -mentet, definite singular masculine -menten, indefinite plural -ment or -menter, definite plural -mentene or -menta)

1. 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

From French -ment, from Middle French -ment, from Old French -ment, from Late Latin -mentum (“instrument, medium, or result of”), from -menta, from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥teh₂, from *-mn̥ (creates action nouns or result nouns) + *-teh₂ (forms nouns representing state of being).

• IPA^(key): /maŋ/

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• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Hyphenation: -ment

-ment (definite singular neuter -mentet, definite singular masculine -menten, indefinite plural -ment or -menter, definite plural -mentene or -menta)

1. Used to form nouns often denoting action, means or state; -ment

   abonnement, arrangement, bombardement, resonnement, signalement ― subscription, event, bombardment, reasoning, signaling

• “-ment” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “-ment” in Store norske leksikon

• ment, nemt

From Old Occitan, from Late Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta.

-ment

1. -ly (used to form adverbs from adjectives)
2. -ment; suffix used to form nouns

From Latin mente, ablative singular of mēns (“mind”).

-ment

1. Used to form adverbs, most of the time equivalent to the English -wise, -ly.

   Example: hastivement

• French: -ment
• Norman: -ment

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

-ment

1. Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.

   Example: bastissement

• → Middle English: -ment
  • English: -ment
  • Scots: -ment
• Middle French: -ment
  • French: -ment
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: -ment

From Middle English -ment.

• IPA^(key): /mənt/

-ment

1. Forms nouns denoting a result or action from verbal roots; -ment.

-ment

1. -ment; form nouns from verbs. See also -mang.