-ment

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

-ment

1. Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".

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

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈ-ment/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈ-men/

-ment

1. Added to the feminine singular form of an adjective to form an adverb. Compare English -wise, -ly.

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.

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

-ment

1. Used to form nouns from verbs. Cognate with -ment.

• IPA^(key): /mɑ̃/

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/).

From Middle French -ment, from Old French -ment, from Late Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta, from Proto-Indo-European *-men- 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

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

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

-ment

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

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
• French: -ment

-ment

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