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Adverbs ending in —amment and —eminent derived from adjectives ending in —ant or —ent

Adjectives ending in -ant and -ent form the adverb with -amment and -emment, respectively:

Tab1

There are three forms which do not follow this pattern exactly: Tab2

NB: véhémentement is quite rare, and avec véhémence is usually preferred.

Three forms follow the pattern, but the present participles from which they derive no longer exist in modern French: Tab3