-ment

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-ment

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

suffix -ments · ⠰⠞

countable, morpheme, uncountable Attached to a verb to form a noun meaning the action denoted by the verb or its result.
Similar: -tion, -ing

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Español	-miento, -mento
한국어	-음 -eum, -기 -gi
日本語	の no
हिन्दी	-करण -karaṇ
Français	-ment, -age
Deutsch	-ung
Italiano	-mento
Ελληνικά	-μα -ma, -ιμο -imo
Română	-mânt
Русский	-тельство -telʹstvo

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"-ment." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/-ment.

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@misc{ment_2026,
  title = {-ment},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/-ment},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}