See -mentum in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"instrument, medium, or result of"
],
"links": [
[
"instrument",
"instrument"
],
[
"medium",
"medium"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
],
"wikipedia": [
"de:Brian D. Joseph",
"de:Matthias Andreas Fritz"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈmɛn.tũː]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈmɛn.tum]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "-mentum"
}
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