English [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
recent + -ly
Pronunciation [ edit ]
recently (comparative more recently , superlative most recently )
In the recent past
Synonyms : newly , lately , freshly
a recently published book
1963 , Margery Allingham , chapter 1, in The China Governess [1] :
The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.
2013 June 21, Chico Harlan , “Japan pockets the subsidy … ”, in The Guardian Weekly , volume 189, number 2, page 30:
Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."
Antonyms [ edit ]
Translations [ edit ]
in the recent past
American Sign Language: X@Cheek-PalmBack Hook
Arabic: مُؤَخَّرًا ( muʾaḵḵaran ) , حَدِيثًا ( ḥadīṯan )
Azerbaijani: bayaq
Catalan: recentment , últimament , darrerament
Chechen: дукха хан йоццуш ( duqa χan joccuš )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 最近 (zh) ( zuìjìn ) , 近日 (zh) ( jìnrì )
Crimean Tatar: keçende , keçenlerde , yaqında , yaqınlarda
Czech: nedávno (cs)
Dutch: onlangs (nl) , recentelijk (nl) , laatst (nl) , overlaatst
Esperanto: lastatempe
Finnish: äskettäin (fi) , viime aikoina (fi) , hiljattain (fi) , taannoin
French: dernièrement (fr) , récemment (fr) , ces derniers temps
Galician: recentemente , ultimamente
Georgian: ახლახან ( axlaxan )
German: neulich (de) , kürzlich (de) , letztens (de) , unlängst (de) , vor kurzem ( all referring to a particular recent event ) ; in letzter Zeit ( referring to the recent time as a whole )
Greek: πρόσφατα (el) ( prósfata ) , προσφάτως (el) ( prosfátos ) , τελευταία (el) ( teleftaía )
Greenlandic: -qqammer
Hungarian: nemrég (hu) , mostanában (hu) , az utóbbi időben
Icelandic: nýlega
Irish: le déanaí
Italian: di recente , recentemente (it) , ultimamente (it)
Japanese: この間 ( このあいだ, kono aida ) , 最近 (ja) ( さいきん, saikin ) , 先頃 (ja) ( さきごろ, sakigoro )
Khmer: ថ្មីៗ ( tməy-tməy ) , ថ្មីៗនេះ ( tməy-tməy nih )
Korean: 근래 (ko) ( geullae ) , 요즘 (ko) ( yojeum ) , 요새 (ko) ( yosae )
Kurdish:
Sorani: لهم چهندانهدا
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Malay: baru-baru ini
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nylig , i det siste
Nynorsk: nyleg , i det siste
Persian: اخیراً (fa) ( akhiran ) , به تازگی ( be tâzegi )
Polish: niedawno (pl) , ostatnio (pl)
Portuguese: recentemente (pt) , ultimamente , nos últimos tempos
Romanian: recent (ro) , de curând , în ultimul timp
Russian: неда́вно (ru) ( nedávno ) , в после́днее вре́мя ( v poslédneje vrémja )
Scottish Gaelic: o chionn ghoirid
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: gano
Spanish: recientemente (es) , hace poco , últimamente (es)
Sundanese: cikénéh
Swahili: majuzi (sw)
Swedish: nyligen (sv) , på senare tid
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: недавно ( nadávno ) , останнім часом ( ostannim časom )
Vietnamese: gần đây (vi) , mới đây (vi)
Volapük: enu (vo)
West Frisian: koartlyn
Yiddish: אַנומלט ( anumlt ) , לעצטנס ( letstns )