# -ment
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Suffix

-ment
* 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

#### See also

* -ent

### Anagrams

* T-men

## Aragonese
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin mente.

### Suffix

-ment
* 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: (Central) [ˈmen]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈment]

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin mente.

#### Suffix

-ment
* 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
### Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin -mentum.

#### Suffix

-ment m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ments)
* Forms nouns from verbs, usually indicating a resulting action or state.
    ‎patir (“to suffer”) + ‎-ment → ‎patiment (“suffering”)

##### Derived terms
## Franco-Provençal
### Etymology 1

From Latin mente.

#### Suffix

-ment (ORB, broad)
* Attaches to an adjective in the feminine singular to form the corresponding adverb.
    ‎ôtra (“other”) + ‎-ment → ‎ôtrament (“otherwise”)

##### Derived terms
### Etymology 2

From Latin -mentum.

#### Suffix

-ment m (plural -ments) (ORB, broad)
* Forms nouns from verbs, usually indicating a resulting action or state.

##### Derived terms
## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɑ̃/

### Etymology 1

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

#### Suffix

-ment
* 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
### Etymology 2

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

#### Suffix

-ment m
* Forms nouns from verbs, usually indicating a resulting action or state.
    ‎parer + ‎-ment → ‎parement
    ‎abandonner + ‎-ment → ‎abandonnement
    ‎manier + ‎-ment → ‎maniement

##### Descendants

* → Norwegian Bokmål: -ment

## Maltese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɛnt/

### Suffix

-ment
* 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
## Middle English
### Etymology

From Old French -ment, from Latin -mentum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɛnt/

### Suffix

-ment
* Forms nouns from verbs, usually indicating a resulting action or state.

#### Descendants

* English: -ment
* Scots: -ment

#### References

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

## Middle French
### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Etymology 1

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

#### Suffix

-ment
* Attaches to an adjective in the feminine singular to form the corresponding adverb.

##### Descendants

* French: -ment

### Etymology 2

From Old French -ment, from Latin -mentum.

#### Suffix

-ment m
* Forms nouns from verbs, usually indicating a resulting action or state.

##### Descendants

* French: -ment
** → Norwegian Bokmål: -ment

## Norman
### Etymology 1

From Old French -ment, from Latin mente.

#### Suffix

-ment
* Attaches to an adjective in the feminine singular to form the corresponding adverb.

##### Derived terms
### Etymology 2

From Old French -ment, from Latin -mentum.

#### Suffix

-ment
* Forms nouns from verbs, usually indicating a resulting action or state.

##### Derived terms
## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From Latin -mentum.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)
* 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: /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)
* 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
* Attaches to an adjective in the feminine singular to form the corresponding adverb.

##### Derived terms
### Etymology 2

From Old Occitan -ment, from Latin -mentum.

#### Suffix

-ment
* Forms nouns from verbs, usually indicating a resulting action or state.

##### Derived terms
## Old French
### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Etymology 1

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

#### Suffix

-ment
* Attaches to an adjective in the feminine singular to form the corresponding adverb.

##### Descendants

* Middle French: -ment
** French: -ment
* Norman: -ment

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin -mentum.

#### Suffix

-ment m
* Forms nouns from verbs, usually indicating a resulting action or state.

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

##### Descendants

* Occitan: -ment

### Etymology 2

From Latin -mentum.

#### Suffix

-ment
* Forms nouns from verbs, usually indicating a resulting action or state.

##### Descendants

* Occitan: -ment

## Scots
### Etymology

From Middle English -ment.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mənt/

### Suffix

-ment
* Forms nouns from verbs, usually indicating a resulting action or state.

## Swedish
### Suffix

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