-amment
French, suffix/a.mɑ̃/
-amment is spelled A-M-M-E-N-T (6 letters). -amment is a French suffix meaning “variant of -ment appended to adjectives ending in -ant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante du suffixe adverbial -ment”.
What does -amment mean in English?
suffix
- 1
variant of -ment appended to adjectives ending in -ant
courant (“current”) → couramment (“currently”)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
suffix: 1. Variante du suffixe adverbial -ment.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce -amment?
- /a.mɑ̃/
- \a.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.