See -mentum in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "Italo-Dalmatian:"
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"2": "-mento"
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"2": "-mentu"
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"2": "-mento"
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"2": "-ment"
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"text": "Rhaeto-Romance:"
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"1": "fur",
"2": "-ment"
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"text": "Gallo-Romance:"
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"text": "Old French: -ment (see there for further descendants)"
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"2": "-ment<id:nominal>"
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}
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"text": "Old Occitan: -ment\nOccitan: -ment"
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"templates": [],
"text": "Ibero-Romance:"
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"1": "an",
"2": "-ment"
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"expansion": "Aragonese: -ment",
"name": "desc"
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"text": "Aragonese: -ment"
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"depth": 2,
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"args": {
"1": "ast",
"2": "-mientu"
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"expansion": "Asturian: -mientu",
"name": "desc"
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],
"text": "Asturian: -mientu"
},
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"args": {
"1": "roa-opt",
"2": "-mento"
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"expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: -mento",
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"text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: -mento"
},
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{
"args": {
"1": "gl",
"2": "-mento"
},
"expansion": "Galician: -mento",
"name": "desc"
}
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"text": "Galician: -mento"
},
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"depth": 3,
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{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "-mento"
},
"expansion": "Portuguese: -mento",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Portuguese: -mento"
},
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"depth": 2,
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{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "-mento",
"3": "-miento"
},
"expansion": "Spanish: -mento, -miento",
"name": "desc"
}
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"text": "Spanish: -mento, -miento"
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"text": "Borrowings:"
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"1": "eu",
"2": "-mendu",
"bor": "1"
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"expansion": "→ Basque: -mendu",
"name": "desc"
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"args": {
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"2": "-ment",
"bor": "1"
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"expansion": "→ Dutch: -ment",
"name": "desc"
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"1": "en",
"2": "-ment",
"bor": "1"
},
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"name": "desc"
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"1": "de",
"2": "-ment",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ German: -ment",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ German: -ment"
},
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"depth": 2,
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"args": {
"1": "nb",
"2": "-ment",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: -ment",
"name": "desc"
}
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"text": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: -ment"
},
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"1": "sco",
"2": "-ment",
"bor": "1"
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"text": "Balkano-Romance:"
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"2": "-mânt",
"3": "-ment"
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"name": "desc"
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"text": "Romanian: -mânt, -ment"
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"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Italo-Dalmatian:"
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"depth": 2,
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{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "-mento"
},
"expansion": "Italian: -mento",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Italian: -mento"
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{
"args": {
"1": "scn",
"2": "-mentu"
},
"expansion": "Sicilian: -mentu",
"name": "desc"
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],
"text": "Sicilian: -mentu"
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"args": {
"1": "vec",
"2": "-mento"
},
"expansion": "Venetan: -mento",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Venetan: -mento"
},
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"args": {
"1": "mt",
"2": "-ment"
},
"expansion": "Maltese: -ment",
"name": "desc"
}
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"text": "Maltese: -ment"
},
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"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Rhaeto-Romance:"
},
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"depth": 2,
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"args": {
"1": "fur",
"2": "-ment"
},
"expansion": "Friulian: -ment",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Friulian: -ment"
},
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"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Gallo-Romance:"
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"1": "ca",
"2": "-ment<id:nominal>"
},
"expansion": "Catalan: -ment",
"name": "desc"
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"text": "Catalan: -ment"
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"1": "frp",
"2": "-ment<id:nominal>"
},
"expansion": "Franco-Provençal: -ment",
"name": "desc"
}
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"text": "Franco-Provençal: -ment"
},
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"1": "fro",
"2": "-ment<id:nominal>"
},
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"name": "desc"
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
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}
],
"text": "Old French: -ment (see there for further descendants)"
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"depth": 2,
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"args": {
"1": "pro",
"2": "-ment<id:nominal>"
},
"expansion": "Old Occitan: -ment\nOccitan: -ment",
"name": "desctree"
}
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"text": "Old Occitan: -ment\nOccitan: -ment"
},
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"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Ibero-Romance:"
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"args": {
"1": "an",
"2": "-ment"
},
"expansion": "Aragonese: -ment",
"name": "desc"
}
],
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"depth": 2,
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"args": {
"1": "ast",
"2": "-mientu"
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"name": "desc"
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"2": "-mento"
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"name": "desc"
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"2": "-mento"
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"name": "desc"
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},
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"2": "-mento"
},
"expansion": "Portuguese: -mento",
"name": "desc"
}
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"text": "Portuguese: -mento"
},
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"depth": 2,
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"1": "es",
"2": "-mento",
"3": "-miento"
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"expansion": "Spanish: -mento, -miento",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Spanish: -mento, -miento"
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"depth": 1,
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"text": "Borrowings:"
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"2": "-mendu",
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"text": "→ Basque: -mendu"
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"args": {
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"2": "-ment",
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"name": "desc"
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"2": "-ment",
"bor": "1"
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"name": "desc"
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"1": "de",
"2": "-ment",
"bor": "1"
},
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"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ German: -ment"
},
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"depth": 2,
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"args": {
"1": "nb",
"2": "-ment",
"bor": "1"
},
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"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: -ment"
},
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"depth": 2,
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"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "-ment",
"bor": "1"
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"name": "desc"
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"nominative",
"singular"
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"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
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"genitive",
"singular"
]
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{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
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"dative",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "-mentīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
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},
{
"form": "-mentum",
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"singular"
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},
{
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"source": "declension",
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"accusative",
"plural"
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{
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"singular"
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"ablative",
"plural"
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},
{
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"singular",
"vocative"
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"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
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"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
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"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
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[
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}
],
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}
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