French suffix

-ment

adverbialiser

Register

native

Productivity

high

freely attaches to new bases

Attaches to

ADJ

allomorphs -amment, -emment

Status

Establisheddraft

tlfi

Words built with -ment

rapidement
in a fast manner
rapide+-ment
lentement
in a slow manner
lente+-ment
soigneusement
with care
soin+-eux+-ment

Does the same job elsewhere

Functional equivalents, placed in their lanes. Same register is noted; most differ.

English

  • -ly
    register-matched functional equivalent

French

this affix: -ment

    Hindi

    Telugu

    • -గా
      register-matched functional equivalent

    Tamil

    • -ஆக
      register-matched functional equivalent