moment
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French moment, from Latin momentum.
Pronunciation [edit]
- (RP) IPA: /ˈməʊmənt/, X-SAMPA: /"m@Um@nt/
- (GenAm) IPA: /ˈmoʊmənt/, X-SAMPA: /"moUm@nt/
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Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: mo‧ment
Noun [edit]
moment (plural moments)
- A brief, unspecified amount of time.
- Wait up a moment, while I lock the front door.
- The smallest portion of time; an instant.
- 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.
- 1597, Wm. Shakespeare, Richard III, 3,7,67:
- (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.
- (historical) A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth of an hour.
- (informal) A petit mal episode; such a spell.
- (colloquial) A fit, a short-duration tantrum, a hissy.
Synonyms [edit]
- (brief span of time): stound, instant
- (physics): moment of force
Derived terms [edit]
Terms derived from moment
Related terms [edit]
References [edit]
- 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 [edit]
very brief period of time
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moment in time
moment of force
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Statistics [edit]
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Most common English words before 1923: cannot · father · nor · #226: moment · however · enough · quite
Anagrams [edit]
Catalan [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Latin momentum.
Noun [edit]
moment m (plural moments)
- 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 18th Century and the first ones of the 19th.
- […] el català, malgrat tot, viu un moment de glòria efímera durant els darrers anys del segle XVIII i primers del XIX.
Dutch [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Borrowed from Latin momentum.
Pronunciation [edit]
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Noun [edit]
moment n (plural momenten, diminutive momentje)
- moment (very brief period of time)
French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin momentum
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
moment m (plural moments)
- moment (short period of time)
- a while
- Ça fait un moment que je l'attends - I've been waiting for him for a while
Derived terms [edit]
See also [edit]
Polish [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
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Noun [edit]
moment m
- (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 [edit]
declension of moment
Romanian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From French moment, from Latin momentum.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: [moˈment]
Noun [edit]
- moment (brief period of time) (clarification of this Romanian definition is being sought)
Declension [edit]
declension of moment
| singular | plural | |||
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| 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 |
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- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English nouns
- en:Physics
- en:Mechanics
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- English informal terms
- English colloquialisms
- en:Time
- Catalan terms derived from Latin
- Catalan nouns
- ca:Time
- Dutch terms derived from Latin
- Dutch nouns
- nl:Time
- French terms derived from Latin
- French nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French countable nouns
- fr:Time
- Polish nouns
- pl:Physics
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- ro:Time