-ment
-ment
noun suffixDefinition of -MENT
1
a : concrete result, object, or agent of a (specified) action <embankment> b : concrete means or instrument of a (specified) action <entertainment>
2
a : action : process <development> b : place of a (specified) action <encampment>
3
: state or condition resulting from a (specified) action <amazement>
Origin of -MENT
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin -mentum; akin to Latin -men, suffix denoting concrete result, Greek -mat-, -ma
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