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

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)
• Norwegian: samtidig (no), samstundes (no)
• 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)