-miento

See also: miento

Spanish

Alternative forms

• -amiento, -imiento

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Late Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta. Doublet of -mento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmjento/ [ˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: -mien‧to

Suffix

-miento m (noun-forming suffix, plural -mientos)

1. -ment; forms nouns from verbs with the sense of the action or process

   ‎sentir (“to feel”) + ‎-miento → ‎sentimiento (“feeling”)

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -miento

See also

• -mento

Further reading

• “-miento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014