-ment

Etymology
From, from , from.

Usage notes
Generally attached to stem without changes, except when the stem ends in -dge, where the -e is sometimes dropped, as in, , , and , 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.

Translations

 * Albanian: -më, -im
 * Armenian: -ումն, -ություն
 * Asturian: -mientu
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Middle French: -ment
 * Old French: -ment
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient Greek: -μα
 * Hindi: -करण
 * Interlingua: -mento
 * Italian: -mento
 * Japanese:
 * Jeju: -임
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: -음, -기
 * Latin: -mentum
 * Middle English: -ment
 * Middle Korean: 기〮
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: -ment
 * Occitan:
 * Old English: -ing
 * Pashto: -تیا
 * Persian:
 * Romanian: -mânt
 * Russian: -тельство
 * Scots: -ment
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tamil: -ச்சி
 * Thai: ,
 * Ukrainian: -ення, -ання
 * Urdu: ش
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh: -ant, -dra, -id, -ni, -deb, -i, -wch, -aint, -ter,, -tid, -fel, -tod, -yd, -ioni, , -edd
 * Yiddish:

Etymology 1
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Usage notes
The resulting adverb has secondary stress where the corresponding adjective has primary stress, as in →.

Etymology 2
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Etymology 1
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Etymology 2
From.

Etymology 1
, from, from.

Usage notes
With adjectives ending in -ant(e), -ent(e), the suffix combines with the ending to produce -amment, -emment (both pronounced ).

Etymology 2
, from, from.

Etymology
and, both from.

Suffix

 * 1) ; -ly

Usage notes

 * Generally restricted to adjectives of Romance origin, but occasional exceptions such as are attestable.

Etymology
From, from.

Etymology 1
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Etymology 2
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Etymology 1
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Etymology 2
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Etymology 1
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Suffix
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Etymology 2
From, from.

Suffix
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Etymology 1
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Etymology 2
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Etymology 1
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Etymology 2
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Etymology 1
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Etymology 2
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Etymology
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Suffix

 * 1) ; form nouns from verbs. See also.