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-ment

French, suffix

-ment is spelled M-E-N-T (4 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written French, the 4,746th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). -ment is a French masculine suffix meaning “Attaches to an adjective in the feminine singular to form the corresponding adverb” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, ment is a different word: “third-person singular present indicative of mentir”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Suffixe adverbial. L’adverbe se construit généralement à partir du féminin singulier de l’adjectif…”.

What does -ment mean in English?

suffix

  1. 1

    Attaches to an adjective in the feminine singular to form the corresponding adverb.

    franche + -ment → franchement

suffix

  1. 1

    masculineforms nouns from verbs, usually indicating a resulting action or state

    parer + -ment → parement

verb

as ment
  1. 1

    third-person singular present indicative of mentir

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

suffix: 1. Suffixe adverbial. L’adverbe se construit généralement à partir du féminin singulier de l’adjectif correspondant ; mais il existe des exceptions, notamment pour les adjectifs terminés par une voyelle au masculin, par exemple vraiment, crûment, gentiment et confusément. Pour les adjectifs qui se terminent par -ant ou -ent, on les transforme respectivement en -amment ou en -emment, par exemple éléga

suffix: 1. Suffixe nominal permettant de former un nom d’action à partir de la troisième personne du subjonctif présent. 2. Suffixe permettant de former un nom désignant un bruit. → voir :Catégorie:Bruits en français

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.

English words that translate to -ment

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is -ment in French?

-ment appears 15 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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