simultaneous

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin simultaneus, from simultim (“at the same time, extended”), from Latin simul (“together, at the same time”); compare similar.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /sɪm.əlˈteɪ̯n.i.əs/, SAMPA: /sIm.@l"teIn.i.@s/
• (US) IPA: /ˌsaɪ̯m.əlˈteɪ̯n.i.əs/
• Rhymes: -eɪniəs

Adjective

simultaneous (not comparable)

1. Occurring or transpiring at the same time.
   • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page 3-4

     As with the Lejeuneaceae, this pattern of massive speciation appears to be correlated with the Cretaceous explosion of the angiosperms and the simultaneous creation of a host of new microenvironments, differing in humidity, light intensity, texture, etc.

Derived terms

• simultaneously
• simultaneity

Translations

at the same time

Arabic: معًا (máʕan) Catalan: simultani (ca) Chinese: 同時, 同时 (tóngshí) Czech: současný (cs) Dutch: gelijktijdig (nl), simultaan (nl) Esperanto: samtempa (eo) Finnish: samanaikainen (fi) French: simultané (fr) Georgian: თანადროული (ka) (tanadrouli) German: gleichzeitig (de), simultan (de) Indonesian: bersamaan (id) Italian: simultaneo (it)

Japanese: 同時の, 同じの (どうじの, dōji no) Korean: 동시적인 (dongsijeokin) Manx: cofraueagh (gv) Polish: równoczesny (pl) m., jednoczesny (pl) m. Portuguese: simultâneo (pt) Russian: одновременный (ru) (odnovrémmenyj) Scottish Gaelic: co-amail (gd) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: си̏мулта̄н (sh), исто̀времен (sh), исто̀добан (sh) Roman: sȉmultān (sh), istòvremen (sh), istòdoban (sh) Spanish: simultáneo (es) Swedish: samtidig (sv)