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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese -mento, from Late Latin -mentum, -amentum, from Latin -menta.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-mento m (noun-forming suffix, plural -mentos)
- -ment; forms nouns from verbs, with the sense of "result, product (of process)"
Usage notes
- In function of the thematic vowel of the verb, and since the early documentation of the language, this suffix takes one the following forms: -amento, -emento or -imento. Note that in Portuguese these forms are just -amento and -imento.
Derived terms
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Interlingua
Etymology
From Late Latin -mentum, -amentum, from Latin -menta.
Suffix
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- forming concrete nouns from verbs, with the sense of 'result, product (of process)'
Derived terms
Italian
Etymology
From Latin -mentum, -amentum, from Latin -menta.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-mento m (noun-forming suffix, plural -menti)
- forms nouns that represent the action of a related verb
- cambiare (“to change”) + -mento → cambiamento (“change (abstract)”)
- versare (“to pour”) + -mento → versamento (“pouring”)
Usage notes
- Terms formed with this suffix are invariably stressed on the penultimate syllable.
- Nouns formed from -ere verbs end in -imento.
Derived terms
Anagrams
Latin
Suffix
-mentō
- dative/ablative singular of -mentum
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese -mento, from Late Latin -mentum, -amentum, from Latin -menta.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-mento m (noun-forming suffix, plural -mentos)
- -tion (process, action or result)
- Synonyms: -agem, -ção
Derived terms
Spanish
Etymology
From Late Latin -mentum, -amentum, from Latin -menta. Doublet of -miento.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmento/
- Rhymes: -ento
- Syllabification: -men‧to
Suffix
-mento m (noun-forming suffix, plural -mentos)
- -ment (the action or result of what is denoted by the verb)
- jurar (“to swear”) + -mento → juramento (“oath”)
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