moment
See also: Moment
English
Etymology
From Middle English moment, from Old French moment, from Latin mōmentum. Doublet of momentum.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈməʊmənt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmoʊmənt/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (file) - Hyphenation: mo‧ment
Noun
moment (countable and uncountable, plural moments)
- A brief, unspecified amount of time.
- Wait a moment, while I lock the front door.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 5, in The Celebrity:
- Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps, […] , and the light of the reflector fell full upon her.
- 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 6, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:
- Sophia broke down here. Even at this moment she was subconsciously comparing her rendering of the part of the forlorn bride with Miss Marie Lohr's.
- 2013 June 14, Sam Leith, “Where the profound meets the profane”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 37:
- Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths. Consider for a moment the origins of almost any word we have for bad language – "profanity", "curses", "oaths" and "swearing" itself.
- The smallest portion of time; an instant.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 5, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
- Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.
- Weight or importance.
- 1597, William 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, William 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 brief tantrum.
- (mathematics) An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement.
- (mathematics) A quantitative measure of the shape of a set of points.
- If the points represent mass, then the zeroth moment is the total mass, the first moment divided by the total mass is the center of mass, and the second moment is the rotational inertia.
Synonyms
- (brief span of time): stound, instant, trice
- (physics): moment of force
Derived terms
- aha moment
- any moment now
- at a moment's notice
- at the moment
- at this moment in time
- blonde moment
- branding moment
- dipole moment
- driveway moment
- eureka moment
- light-bulb moment
- London moment
- magnetic moment
- moist moment
- momentary
- momentful
- momentless
- momently
- moment of force
- moment of inertia
- moment of silence
- moment of truth
- on the spur of the moment
- polar moment of inertia
- Portillo moment
- psychological moment
- second moment of area
- second moment of inertia
- seismic moment
- senior moment
- single-minded branding moment
- spur of the moment
- spur-of-the-moment
- tumbleweed moment
See also
Translations
very brief period of time
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moment in time
moment of force
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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.)
Further reading
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
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 ephemeral glory in the last years of the 18th century and the first ones of the 19th.
Further reading
- “moment” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “moment”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “moment” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “moment” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
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- moment (specific instant or time)
Related terms
- See motiv
Further reading
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch moment, from Middle French moment, from Latin momentum.
Pronunciation
Noun
moment n (plural momenten, diminutive momentje n)
- moment (very brief period of time)
- Synonym: ogenblik
- (physics) moment of force, moment
- Synonym: krachtmoment
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: moment
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
moment m (plural moments)
- moment (point in time)
- moment (short period of time)
- a while
- Ça fait un moment que je l’attends
- I've been waiting for him for a while
- (physics, mechanics) moment, momentum
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “moment”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Friulian
Etymology
Noun
moment m (plural moments)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin momentum, from movere
Pronunciation
Noun
moment n (definite singular momentet, indefinite plural moment, definite plural momenta)
- element, variable, contributing factor or circumstance
- Det er mange moment som spelar inn her.
- There are many variables at play here.
- (physics) moment of force
References
- “moment” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio (Béarn) (file)
Noun
moment m (plural moments)
Polish
Pronunciation
Noun
moment m inan
- (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
Further reading
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French moment, from Latin momentum.
Pronunciation
Noun
moment n (plural momente)
- moment (brief period of time) (clarification of this definition is needed)
Declension
Declension of moment
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) moment | momentul | (niște) momente | momentele |
genitive/dative | (unui) moment | momentului | (unor) momente | momentelor |
vocative | momentule | momentelor |
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