modern

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.5 References 2 German 2.1 Etymology 1 2.1.1 Adjective 2.2 Etymology 2 2.2.1 Verb 3 Swedish 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Adjective 3.3 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Middle French moderne, Late Latin modernus; from Latin modo "just now", originally ablative of modus "measure"; hence, by measure, "just now". Seemode.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈmɒd(ə)n/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈmɑdɚn/
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[edit] Adjective

modern (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the current time and style.

[edit] Synonyms

• contemporary

[edit] Antonyms

• dated
• old

[edit] Derived terms

• modernise, modernize verb
• modernity noun
• postmodern

[edit] Translations

[edit] Noun

modern (plural moderns)

1. Someone who lives in modern times.
   • 1956: Even though we moderns can never crawl inside the skin of the ancient and think and feel as he did..., we must as historians make the attempt. — John Albert Wilson, The Culture of Ancient Egypt, p. 144.

[edit] References

• modern in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• “modern” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001

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[edit] German

[edit] Etymology 1

[edit] Adjective

modern (comparative moderner, superlative am modernsten)

1. modern

[edit] Etymology 2

[edit] Verb

modern

1. to rot, to molder

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[edit] Swedish

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[edit] Adjective

Inflections of modern		Absolute	Comparative	Superlative
				Attributive	Predicative
Indefinite singular	Common	modern	modernare		modernast
	Neuter	modernt
Definite singular	Masc.	moderne		modernaste
	All	moderna		modernaste
Plural		moderna		modernaste

modern

1. Modern; pertain to current style.

[edit] Noun

modern

1. Definite form singular of moder.