See also: mente, ménte, menté, and mentė

Asturian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin mens, mente.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmente/, [ˈmẽn̪.t̪e]

Suffix edit

-mente (adverb-forming suffix)

  1. -ly (used to form adverbs from adjectives)

Derived terms edit

Galician edit

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin mens, mente.

Suffix edit

-mente (adverb-forming suffix)

  1. -ly (used to form adverbs from adjectives)

Derived terms edit

Interlingua edit

Etymology edit

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

Suffix edit

-mente

  1. Used to form adverbs from adjectives; compare the English equivalents -wise, -ly, and -ally.
    physicamente (physically)

Usage notes edit

After a final -c the vowel -a- is inserted, e.g. physicamente (note use of physica rather than physic; *physicmente would be incorrect)

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Italian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin mente, ablative singular of mēns (mind), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (thought).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmen.te/
  • Rhymes: -ente
  • Hyphenation: -mén‧te

Suffix edit

-mente

  1. (productive) used to form adverbs from adjectives; -wise, -ly, -ally

Usage notes edit

  • Because the suffix originates as a reinterpretation of the Latin feminine noun form mente in ablatival locutions [such as clārā mente (literally with a clear mind), whence Italian chiaramente]; if the root adjective ends in -o, in formation of the adverb it is employed in its feminine singular form.
Examples:
chiara (clear) + ‎-mente → ‎chiaramente (clearly)
fisica (physical) + ‎-mente → ‎fisicamente (physically)
stupida (stupid”, “foolish) + ‎-mente → ‎stupidamente (stupidly”, “foolishly)
  • Adjectives ending in -e, not distinguishing masculine and feminine forms, simply have the suffix attached to the singular form.
Example:
grande (great) + ‎-mente → ‎grandemente (greatly)
  • When the root adjective ends in -le, -lo, -re or -ro, the suffix is attached directly to the consonant and the final vowel of the adjective is dropped.
Examples:
speciale (special) + ‎-mente → ‎specialmente (especially”, “particularly)
celere (swift) + ‎-mente → ‎celermente (swiftly)
  • Terms derived with this suffix are invariably stressed on the penultimate.

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Neapolitan edit

Etymology edit

From Latin mens, mente.

Pronunciation edit

Suffix edit

-mente

  1. used to form adverbs from adjectives, compare English -ly, -wise

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin mente, ablative singular of mēns (mind).

Pronunciation edit

 

Suffix edit

-mente

  1. -ly; -ally (forms adverbs from adjectives)

Usage notes edit

-mente is always added to the feminine form of the adjective, e.g. fisicamente (note use of física rather than físico; *fisicomente would be incorrect)

-mente can be dropped from adverbs other than the last one in a sequence:

Ele escrevia rápida e freneticamente.
He was writing quickly and frenetically.

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Spanish edit

Etymology edit

A dialectal modification of Old Spanish -miente, -mientre (compare Catalan -ment), from Latin mente, ablative singular of mēns (mind).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmente/ [ˈmẽn̪.t̪e] (additionally stressing the syllable of the underlying adjective)
  • Rhymes: -ente
  • Syllabification: -men‧te

Suffix edit

-mente (adverb-forming suffix)

  1. -wise, -ly, in a specified way; forms adverbs from adjectives
    normal (normal) + ‎-mente → ‎normalmente (normally, usually)
    física (physical) + ‎-mente → ‎físicamente (physically)
    común (common) + ‎-mente → ‎comúnmente (commonly)
    loca (crazy) + ‎-mente → ‎locamente (crazily)

Usage notes edit

  • Adverbs in -mente are formed from the feminine singular forms of adjectives. For example, nuevamente (newly) is formed from nueva (new), and comúnmente (commonly) is formed from común (common).
  • Not all words ending in <-mente> are adverbs formed with this suffix. For example, vehemente and demente are both adjectives. In fact, adverb vehementemente does exist.
  • If the adjective is written with an accent, then the adverb with -mente is written with an accent in the same place; hence comúnmente, rápidamente, and so on. Conversely, if the adjective is written without an accent, then the adverb with -mente is also written without an accent; hence lentamente, nuevamente, and so on.
  • In a string of adverbs connected with a conjunction, -mente may be omitted from all but the last. "Vaga, rápida y descuidadamente"

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