-amment in French

IPA: /a.mɑ̃/ [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: In Old French, adjectives ending in -ant often had identical masculine and feminine forms, so that the adverbial form ended in -antment, which resulted the loss of the t between the n and m, leading to -anment and then -amment. Etymology templates: {{m|fro|-ant}} -ant, {{m|fro||-antment}} -antment, {{m|fro||-anment}} -anment, {{m|fro||-amment}} -amment Head templates: {{head|fr|suffix|||||g=|g2=|head=|sort=}} -amment, {{fr-suffix}} -amment

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          "text": "courant + -amment → couramment"
        }
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      ],
      "id": "en--amment-fr-suffix-hlkqjbgH",
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      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "-ant"
      },
      "expansion": "-ant",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "",
        "3": "-antment"
      },
      "expansion": "-antment",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "",
        "3": "-anment"
      },
      "expansion": "-anment",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "",
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      },
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        "sort": ""
      },
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        }
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        "variant of -ment appended to adjectives ending in -ant"
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          "-ment",
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"-amment" meaning in French

Suffix