-ment

See also: ment

English

Alternative forms

• ⠰⠞

Etymology

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

Suffix

-ment

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

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
• -ing

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -ment

Translations

Translations

• Albanian: -më m, -im m
• Armenian: -ումն (-umn), -ություն (-utʻyun)
• Asturian: -mientu m
• Catalan: -ment (ca) m
• Dutch: -ing (nl) f
• Finnish: -minen (fi), -us (fi)
• French: -ment (fr) m, -age (fr) m

  Middle French: -ment m

  Old French: -ment m

• Galician: -mento (gl) m
• German: -ung (de) f
• Greek: -μα (el) n (-ma), -ιμο (el) n (-imo)

  Ancient Greek: -μα n (-ma)

• Hindi: -करण m (-karaṇ)
• Interlingua: -mento
• Italian: -mento m
• Japanese: の (ja) (no)
• Jeju: 임 (-im)
• Khmer: ការ (km) (kaa)
• Korean: 음 (-eum), 기 (-gi)
• Latin: -mentum n
• Middle English: -ment
• Middle Korean: 기〮 (-ki)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: -ment

• Occitan: -ment (oc) m
• Old English: -ing f
• Pashto: ـتیا (-tiyâ)
• Persian: ـش (-eš)
• Romanian: -mânt n
• Russian: -тельство n (-telʹstvo)
• Scots: -ment
• Spanish: -miento (es) m, -mento (es) m
• Swedish: -mang (sv) n, -ment (sv) n
• Tamil: -ச்சி (-cci)
• Thai: การ (th) (gaan), ความ (th) (kwaam)
• Ukrainian: -ення n (-ennja), -ання n (-annja)
• Urdu: ـش (-iś)
• Walloon: -mint (wa) m
• Welsh: -ant m, -dra m, -id m, -ni m, -deb m, -i m, -wch m, -aint m, -ter m, -der (cy) m, -tid m, -fel m, -tod m, -yd m, -ioni m, -ineb (cy) m, -edd m
• Yiddish: ־ונג (yi) f (-ung)

See also

• -ent

Anagrams

• T-men

Aragonese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mente.

Suffix

-ment

2. Attaches to an adjective in the feminine singular to form the corresponding adverb.

   ‎rapida (“rapid”) + ‎-ment → ‎rapidament (“rapidly”)

Usage notes

The resulting adverb is an oxytone where the corresponding adjective is a paroxytone, as in [raˈpiðə] → [ˌrapiðəˈmen].

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin mente.

Suffix

-ment

2. Attaches to an adjective in the feminine singular to form the corresponding adverb.

   ‎ràpida (“rapid”) + ‎-ment → ‎ràpidament (“rapidly”)

Usage notes

The resulting adverb has secondary stress where the corresponding adjective has primary stress, as in [ˈrapiðə] → [ˌrapiðəˈmen].

Derived terms

Catalan terms suffixed with -ment (adverbial)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin -mentum.

Suffix

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

2. Forms nouns from verbs, usually indicating a resulting action or state.

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

Derived terms

Catalan terms suffixed with -ment (nominal)

Franco-Provençal

Etymology 1

From Latin mente.

Suffix

-ment (ORB, broad)

2. Attaches to an adjective in the feminine singular to form the corresponding adverb.

   ‎ôtra (“other”) + ‎-ment → ‎ôtrament (“otherwise”)

Derived terms

Franco-Provençal terms suffixed with -ment (adverbial)

Etymology 2

From Latin -mentum.

Suffix

-ment m (plural -ments) (ORB, broad)

2. Forms nouns from verbs, usually indicating a resulting action or state.

Derived terms

Category Franco-Provençal terms suffixed with -ment (nominal) not found

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑ̃/

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *méntis

Proto-Italic *mentis

Latin mēns

Latin mente

Old French -ment

Middle French -ment

French -ment

Inherited from Middle French -ment, from Old French -ment, from Latin mente.

Suffix

-ment

2. Attaches to an adjective in the feminine singular to form the corresponding adverb.

   ‎franche + ‎-ment → ‎franchement

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

Inherited from Middle French -ment, from Old French -ment, from Latin -mentum.

Suffix

-ment

2. Forms nouns from verbs, usually indicating a resulting action or state.

   ‎parer + ‎-ment → ‎parement

   ‎abandonner + ‎-ment → ‎abandonnement

   ‎manier + ‎-ment → ‎maniement

Usage notes

Nouns formed from verbs with this suffix are masculine, with no exceptions.

Derived terms

French terms suffixed with -ment (nominal)

Descendants

• → Norwegian Bokmål: -ment

Maltese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛnt/

Suffix

-ment

1. Forms adverbs from 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 from verbs, usually indicating a resulting action or state.

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 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *méntis

Proto-Italic *mentis

Latin mēns

Latin mente

Old French -ment

Middle French -ment

Inherited from Old French -ment, from Latin mente, from mēns, from Proto-Italic *mentis, from Proto-Indo-European *méntis, from *men- + *-tis.

Suffix

-ment

2. Attaches to an adjective in the feminine singular to form the corresponding adverb.

Derived terms

Middle French terms suffixed with -ment (adverbial)

Descendants

• French: -ment

Etymology 2

From Old French -ment, from Latin -mentum.

Suffix

-ment

2. Forms nouns from verbs, usually indicating a resulting action or state.

Derived terms

Middle French terms suffixed with -ment (nominal)

Descendants

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

Norman

Etymology 1

From Old French -ment, from Latin mente.

Suffix

-ment

2. Attaches to an adjective in the feminine singular to form the corresponding adverb.

Derived terms

Norman terms suffixed with -ment (adverbial)

Etymology 2

From Old French -ment, from Latin -mentum.

Suffix

-ment

2. Forms nouns from verbs, usually indicating a resulting action or state.

Derived terms

Norman terms suffixed with -ment (nominal)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Latin -mentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛnt/

• Audio:

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• 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 Latin -mentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maŋ/

• Audio:

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• 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 1

From Old Occitan -ment, from Latin mente.

Suffix

-ment

2. Attaches to an adjective in the feminine singular to form the corresponding adverb.

Derived terms

Occitan terms suffixed with -ment (adverbial)

Etymology 2

From Old Occitan -ment, from Latin -mentum.

Suffix

-ment

2. Forms nouns from verbs, usually indicating a resulting action or state.

Derived terms

Occitan terms suffixed with -ment (nominal)

Old French

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *méntis

Proto-Italic *mentis

Latin mēns

Latin mente

Old French -ment

Inherited from Latin mente, from mēns, from Proto-Italic *mentis, from Proto-Indo-European *méntis, from *men- + *-tis.

Suffix

-ment

2. Attaches to an adjective in the feminine singular to form the corresponding adverb.

Derived terms

Old French terms suffixed with -ment (adverbial)

Descendants

• Middle French: -ment
  • French: -ment
• Norman: -ment

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin -mentum.

Suffix

-ment

2. Forms nouns from verbs, usually indicating a resulting action or state.

Derived terms

Old French terms suffixed with -ment (nominal)

Descendants

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

Old Occitan

Etymology 1

From Latin mente.

Suffix

-ment

2. Attaches to an adjective in the feminine singular to form the corresponding adverb.

Derived terms

Old Occitan terms suffixed with -ment (adverbial)

Descendants

• Occitan: -ment

Etymology 2

From Latin -mentum.

Suffix

-ment

2. Forms nouns from verbs, usually indicating a resulting action or state.

Derived terms

Old Occitan terms suffixed with -ment (nominal)

Descendants

• Occitan: -ment

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mənt/

Suffix

-ment

1. Forms nouns from verbs, usually indicating a resulting action or state.

Swedish

Suffix

-ment

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

Derived terms

Swedish terms suffixed with -ment