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ment(dictionary)

ment (iou)



-ment suffix.
[Repr. French -ment or (its source) Latin -mentum.]
Used in nouns adopted from French or Latin and in English formations modelled on these and as a productive suffix, expr. the result, product, or means of an action, usu. from verbs and verb stems, as abridgement, accomplishment, banishment, bereavement, commencement, embodiment, enhancement, excitement, fragment, garment, implement, ligament, ornament, treatment, wonderment, etc., but also from adjectives, as betterment, merriment, oddment.