-ment

See also: ment

English

Alternative forms

• ⠰⠞

Etymology

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

Suffix

-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".

Usage notes

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.

Synonyms

• -tion

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -ment

Translations

• Galician: -mento (gl) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: -ment

• Spanish: -miento (es) m, -mento (es) m

See also

-ent

Anagrams

• T-men

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Suffix

-ment

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

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

Usage notes

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.

Derived terms

Catalan adverbs suffixed with -ment

Etymology 2

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

Suffix

-ment

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

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

Derived terms

Catalan nouns suffixed with -ment

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑ̃/

Etymology 1

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".

Suffix

-ment

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

   ‎rapide + ‎-ment → ‎rapidement

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

French terms suffixed with -ment (adverbial)

Etymology 2

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

Suffix

-ment

2. 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

Derived terms

French terms suffixed with -ment (nominal)

Descendants

• → Norwegian Bokmål: -ment

Maltese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛnt/

Suffix

-ment

1. Forms adverbs form adjectives; -ly

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

Maltese terms suffixed with -ment

Middle English

Etymology

From Old French -ment, from Latin -mentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛnt/

Suffix

-ment

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

Derived terms

Middle English terms suffixed with -ment

Descendants

• English: -ment
• Scots: -ment

References

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

Middle French

Etymology

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

Suffix

-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.

Descendants

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

Norman

Etymology

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

Suffix

-ment

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

Derived terms

Norman terms suffixed with -ment

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

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).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛnt/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛnt
• Hyphenation: -ment

Suffix

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

2. 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

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).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maŋ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Hyphenation: -ment

Suffix

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

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

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

References

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

Anagrams

• ment, nemt

Occitan

Etymology

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

Suffix

-ment

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

Derived terms

Occitan terms suffixed with -ment

Old French

Etymology 1

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

Suffix

-ment

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

   Example: hastivement

Descendants

• French: -ment
• Norman: -ment

Etymology 2

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

Suffix

-ment

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

   Example: bastissement

Descendants

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

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mənt/

Suffix

-ment

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

Swedish

Suffix

-ment

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

Derived terms

Swedish terms suffixed with -ment