moment
See also: Moment
English
Etymology
From Middle English moment, from Old French moment, from Latin mōmentum. Doublet of momentum and movement.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈməʊmənt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmoʊmənt/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: mo‧ment
Noun
moment (countable and uncountable, plural moments)
- A brief, unspecified amount of time.
- Synonyms: stound, instant, trice
- Wait a moment, while I lock the front door.
- 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698:
- 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[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 4293071:
- 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.
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- (figurative) Weight or importance.
- c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene vii], line 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.
- 1941 May, “Notes and News: William Stroudley”, in Railway Magazine, page 234:
- As to any suggestion that Stroudley's engines were not free-running at high speed, this was of little moment with 60 m.p.h. laid down as the limit at that time.
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- (physics, mechanics) Ellipsis of moment of force.
- Synonym: torque
- (historical, unit) A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth of an hour.
- (neurology, 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.
- (Internet slang, derogatory) (As in "X moment") An embarrassing event, supposed to be characteristic of some person, group, or situation.
- woman moment
- Reddit moment
Derived terms
- aha moment
- any moment now
- at a moment's notice
- at the moment
- at this moment in time
- blonde moment
- branding moment
- by the moment
- dipole moment
- driveway moment
- eureka moment
- from this moment on
- 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
- momentous
- momentously
- momentousness
- never a dull moment
- on the spur of the moment
- polar moment of inertia
- Portillo moment
- pseudomoment
- 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
Translations
very brief period of time
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moment in time
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moment of force
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See also
- torque
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
moment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- montem
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin mōmentum.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /moˈment/
- (Central) IPA(key): /muˈmen/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ent
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.
Derived terms
- de moment
- momentet
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, 2023
- “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
- IPA(key): [ˈmomɛnt]
Audio (file)
Noun
moment m
- moment (specific instant or time)
Related terms
- See motiv
Further reading
- moment in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- moment in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch moment, from Middle French moment, from Latin momentum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /moːˈmɛnt/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: mo‧ment
- Rhymes: -ɛnt
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
- hoekmoment
- impulsmoment
- Kodakmoment
- krachtmoment
- momentaan
- momenteel
- momentopname
- traagheidsmoment
Descendants
- Afrikaans: moment
- → Indonesian: momen
French
Etymology
From Latin mōmentum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɔ.mɑ̃/
audio (file)
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
- à tout moment
- au moment où
- au moment où
- c'est le moment ou jamais
- du moment que
- d'un moment à l'autre
- en ce moment
- moment de vérité
- pour le moment
See also
- instant
Further reading
- “moment”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin mōmentum.
Noun
moment m (plural moments)
- moment, instant
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin momentum, from movere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mʊˈmɛnt/
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
From Latin mōmentum.
Pronunciation
Audio (Béarn) (file)
Noun
moment m (plural moments)
- moment
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mōmentum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.mɛnt/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔmɛnt
- Syllabification: mo‧ment
Noun
moment m inan (diminutive momencik)
- (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
- moment (short period of time)
- Synonym: chwila
Declension
Declension of moment
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | moment | momenty |
| genitive | momentu | momentów |
| dative | momentowi | momentom |
| accusative | moment | momenty |
| instrumental | momentem | momentami |
| locative | momencie | momentach |
| vocative | momencie | momenty |
Derived terms
adjective
- momentalny
adverb
- momentami
Interjection
moment
- (colloquial) wait a minute
Further reading
- moment in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- moment in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French moment, from Latin momentum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [moˈment]
Noun
moment n (plural momente)
- moment (brief period of time) (clarification of this definition is needed)
Declension
Declension of moment
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
Derived terms
- la un moment dat
- pentru moment
Related terms
- momentan
See also
- clipă
- secundă
Swedish
Etymology
From Latin momentum.
Noun
moment n
- a step in a process
- Nästa moment blir att föra in stavarna i kärnreaktorn
- The next step will be to insert the rods into the nuclear reactor
- ett kritiskt moment
- a critical step
- an independent part of some (abstract) whole; an element, a factor
- (physics) moment
Declension
| Declension of moment | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | moment | momentet | moment | momenten |
| Genitive | moments | momentets | moments | momentens |
Derived terms
- orosmoment
- överraskningsmoment
References
- moment in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- moment in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- moment in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)