moment

See also Moment

English

Etymology

From Old French moment, from Latin momentum.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈməʊmənt/, X-SAMPA: /"m@Um@nt/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈmoʊmənt/, X-SAMPA: /"moUm@nt/

• Audio (US)

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• Hyphenation: mo‧ment

Noun

moment (plural moments)

1. A brief, unspecified amount of time.

   Wait up a moment, while I lock the front door.

2. The smallest portion of time; an instant.
3. Weight or importance.
   • 1597, Wm. Shakespeare, Richard III, 3,7,67:

     In deep designs, in matter of great moment, / No less importing than our general good.

   • 1904, Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘The Adventure of the Second Stain’ (Norton 2005, p.1192)

     The document in question is of such immense importance that its publication might very easily – I might almost say probably – lead to European complications of the utmost moment.

4. (physics, mechanics) The turning effect of a force applied to a rotational system at a distance from the axis of rotation. Also called moment of force.
5. (historical) A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth of an hour.
6. (informal) A petit mal episode; such a spell.
7. (colloquial) A fit, a short-duration tantrum, a hissy.

Synonyms

• (brief span of time): stound, instant
• (physics): moment of force

Derived terms

Terms derived from moment

aha moment at a moment's notice at the moment at this moment in time blonde moment branding moment dipole moment driveway moment eureka moment London moment

magnetic moment moist moment momentarily momentary moment of force moment of inertia moment of silence moment of truth on the spur of the moment polar moment of inertia

second moment of area second moment of inertia senior moment seismic moment single-minded branding moment spur-of-the-moment spur of the moment tumbleweed moment

Related terms

Wikipedia

• torque

References

• 1897 Universal Dictionary of the English Language, v 3 p 3174. ("The smallest portion of time; an instant." is a direct quote from this Dictionary.)

Translations

very brief period of time

• Afrikaans: oomblik (af)
• Albanian: momenti (sq) (adj), moment (sq) n, çast (sq) n
• Arabic: لحظة (ar) (láHZa) f
• Armenian: պահ (hy) (pah) 
• Catalan: moment (ca) m, instant (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 時刻 (cmn), 时刻 (cmn) (shíkè), 瞬間 (cmn), 瞬间 (cmn) (shùnjiān), 時候 (cmn), 时候 (cmn) (shíhòu)

• Czech: okamžik (cs) m, moment (cs) m
• Danish: øjeblik (da)
• Dutch: ogenblik (nl) n, moment (nl) n, oogwenk (nl) m, tijdstip (nl) f, tel (nl) m
• Esperanto: momento (eo)
• Estonian: hetk (et)
• Finnish: hetki (fi), hetkinen (fi), tuokio (fi)
• French: instant (fr) m, moment (fr) m
• Georgian: მომენტი (ka) (momenti) , წუთი (ka) (ts‘ut‘i) , მეყი (ka) (meq‘i) 
• German: Augenblick (de) m, Moment (de) m, Zeitpunkt (de) m
• Greek: στιγμή (el) f (stigmí) (stigmí)
• Hebrew: רגע (he) (réga) m
• Hindi: पल (hi) (pal) m
• Hungarian: pillanat (hu)
• Icelandic: augnablik (is) n
• Indonesian: saat (id)
• Interlingua: momento (ia)
• Italian: momento (it) m
• Japanese: 瞬間 (ja) (しゅんかん, shunkan)
• Khmer: ភ្លែត (km) (plairt)
• Korean: 순간 (ko) (sun-gan)
• Lao: ບຶດດຽວ (lo) (byt-diaw), ບັດ (lo) (bat)
• Latgalian: šaļts, šaļteņa, strēče, olpa

• Latin: punctum (la) n, momentum (la) temporis (la)
• Latvian: moments (lv) n, mirklis (lv) n, brīdis (lv) n
• Lithuanian: akimirka (lt)
• Luxembourgish: Abléck (lb) m
• Maltese: mument (mt) m
• Mongolian: агшин (mn) (agšin) 
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: øyeblikk (no) n

  Nynorsk: augeblikk (nn) n, augneblunk (nn) m

• Old English: brachwíle (ang)
• Persian: لحظه (fa) (lahze)
• Polish: chwila (pl) f
• Portuguese: instante (pt) m, momento (pt) m
• Romanian: clipă (ro) n, moment (ro)
• Russian: момент (ru) (momént) m , мгновение (ru) (mgnovénije) n , миг (ru) (mig) m , минута (ru) (minúta) f 
• Scottish Gaelic: greis (gd) f, mòmaid (gd) f, priobadh (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: tren (sh), trenutak (sh), čas (sh), časak (sh), hip (sh), moment (sh)
• Slovak: okamžik (sk) n, chvíľa (sk) n, momentík (sk) n
• Slovene: trenutek (sl) m
• Spanish: momento (es) m
• Swahili: kitambo (sw) (nc 7/8), nukta (sw) (nc 9/10)
• Swedish: momang (sv) c, ögonblick (sv) n, moment (sv) n
• Thai: ครู่ (th) (krôo), เดี๋ยว (th) (dĭeow)
• Turkish: an (tr)
• Urdu: پل (ur) (pal) m
• Vietnamese: chốc lát (vi), khẩn yếu (vi), một chút (vi), một lát (vi), việc quan trọng (vi)
• Welsh: Hyn o bryd
• Yiddish: אויגנבליק (yi) (oygnblik) m, מאָמענט (yi) (moment) m

moment in time

• Dutch: moment (nl) n, wijl (nl) f, wijle (nl) f, tijdstip (nl) n, stond (nl) m
• Finnish: hetki (fi), silmänräpäys (fi)
• Greek: στιγμή (el) (stigmí) f 
• Lao: ດຽວ (lo) (diaw)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tidspunkt (no) n, øyeblikk (no) n

  Nynorsk: tidspunkt (nn) n, augeblikk (nn) n, augeblink (nn) m

• Scottish Gaelic: mòmaid (gd) f
• Volapük: timül (vo)

moment of force

• Bulgarian: момент на сила (bg) (moment na sila) m 
• Catalan: moment de força (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 力矩 (cmn) (lì jǔ)

• Czech: moment síly (cs) m
• Dutch: moment (nl) m
• Esperanto: momanto (eo)
• Estonian: moment (et)
• Finnish: momentti (fi)
• French: moment (fr) m
• German: Moment (de) m

• Greek: ροπή (el) (ropí) f 
• Japanese: モーメント (ja) (mōmento)
• Norwegian: moment (no)
• Polish: moment siły (pl) m
• Portuguese: momento (pt) m
• Russian: момент силы (ru) (momént síly) m 
• Slovene: navor (sl) m
• Swedish: moment (sv) c
• Thai: โมเมนต์ (th) (mohmen)
• Turkish: moment (tr)
• Vietnamese: mô men (vi)

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Translations to be checked

• Mandarin: 刻 (cmn) (kè)

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: cannot · father · nor · #226: moment · however · enough · quite

Anagrams

• montem

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Catalan

Etymology

Latin momentum.

Noun

moment m (plural moments)

1. moment (specific instant or time)
   • […] el català, malgrat tot, viu un moment de glòria efímera durant els darrers anys del segle XVIII i primers del XIX.

     Catalan, in spite of everything, had a moment of glory for the last years of the 18^th Century and the first ones of the 19^th.

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin momentum.

Pronunciation

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Noun

moment n (plural momenten, diminutive momentje)

1. moment (very brief period of time)

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French

Etymology

From Latin momentum

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /mɔmɑ̃/

Noun

moment m (plural moments)

1. moment (short period of time)
2. a while

   Ça fait un moment que je l'attends - I've been waiting for him for a while

Derived terms

• pour le moment
• au moment où

See also

• instant

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Polish

Pronunciation

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Noun

moment m

1. (physics) moment

   moment bezwładności – moment of inertia

   moment gnący / moment zginający – bending moment

   moment pędu – angular momentum, moment of momentum

   moment siły – moment of force

   moment skręcający – twisting moment

Declension

    declension of moment

	singular	plural
nominative	moment	momenty
genitive	momentu	momentów
dative	momentowi	momentom
accusative	moment	momenty
instrumental	momentem	momentami
locative	momencie	momentach
vocative	momencie	momenty

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Romanian

Etymology

From French moment, from Latin momentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [moˈment]

Noun

moment n (plural momente)

1. moment (brief period of time) (clarification of this Romanian definition is being sought)

Declension

declension of moment

	singular		plural
gender n	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un moment	momentul	niște momente	momentele
genitive/dative	unui moment	momentului	unor momente	momentelor

See also

• clipă
• secundă