-mento
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese -mento, from Late Latin -mentum, -amentum, from Latin -menta.
Suffix
-mento m (noun-forming suffix, plural -mentos)
- -ment; forms nouns from verbs, with the sense of "result, product (of process)"
Usage notes
Derived terms
From
Galician terms suffixed with -mento
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Interlingua
Etymology
From Late Latin -mentum, -amentum, from Latin -menta.
Suffix
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-mento
- forming concrete nouns from verbs, with the sense of 'result, product (of process)'
Derived terms
Interlingua terms suffixed with -mento
Italian
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmen.to/
- Rhymes: -ento
- Hyphenation: -mén‧to
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
Italian terms suffixed with -mento
Latin
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese -mento, from Late Latin -mentum, -amentum, from Latin -menta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmẽ.tu/
- Rhymes: -ẽtu
Suffix
-mento m (noun-forming suffix, plural -mentos)
Derived terms
Portuguese terms suffixed with -mento
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmento/ [ˈmẽn̪.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -ento
- Syllabification: -men‧to
Suffix
-mento m (noun-forming suffix, plural -mentos)
Derived terms
Spanish terms suffixed with -mento
See also
Further reading
- “-mento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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