Moment

See also Moment

English

Most common English words: cannot « father « nor « #226: moment » however » enough » quite

Etymology

From Old French moment, from Latin momentum.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /'məʊmənt/, SAMPA: /"m@Um@nt/
• (GenAm) IPA: /'moʊmənt/, SAMPA: /"moUm@nt/

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• Hyphenation: mo‧ment

Noun

Singular Moment

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1. A brief, unspecified amount of time.

   Wait up a moment, while I lock the front door.

2. The smallest portion of time; an instant.
3. Weight or importance.
   • 1597, Wm. 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.

4. Template:Physics The turning effect of a force applied to a rotational system at a distance from the axis of rotation. Also called moment of force.
5. Template:Historical A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth of an hour.
6. (informal) A petit mal episode; such a spell.
7. (colloquial) A fit, a short-duration tantrum, a hissy.

Synonyms

• (physics): moment of force

Derived terms

at a moment's notice at the moment at this moment in time blonde moment branding moment dipole moment driveway moment eureka moment London moment magnetic moment moist moment momentarily momentary

moment of force moment of inertia moment of silence moment of truth on the spur of the moment polar moment of inertia second moment of area second moment of inertia senior moment seismic moment single-minded branding moment spur-of-the-moment spur of the moment tumbleweed moment

Related terms

Wikipedia

• 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.)

Translations

very brief period of time

Albanian: momenti sq(sq), moment sq(sq) n., çast sq(sq) n. Arabic: لحظة ar(ar) (láHZa) f. Armenian: պահ (pah) Chinese: Mandarin: 時刻 cmn(cmn), 时刻 cmn(cmn) (shíkè), 瞬間 cmn(cmn), 瞬间 cmn(cmn) (shùnjiān), 時候 cmn(cmn), 时候 cmn(cmn) (shíhòu) Croatian: moment hr(hr) n., momentat hr(hr) n., trenutak hr(hr) n. Czech: okamžik cs(cs) m. Danish: øjeblik da(da) Dutch: ogenblik nl(nl) n., moment nl(nl) n., oogwenk nl(nl) m., tijdstip nl(nl) f. Esperanto: momento eo(eo) Estonian: hetk et(et) Finnish: hetki fi(fi), hetkinen fi(fi) French: instant fr(fr) m., moment fr(fr) m. Georgian: მომენტი (momenti), წუთი (ts‘ut‘i), მეყი (meq‘i) German: Augenblick de(de) m., Moment de(de) m., Zeitpunkt de(de) m. Greek: στιγμή el(el) f. (stigmí) Hebrew: רגע he(he) (réga) m. Hindi: पल hi(hi) (pala) m. Hungarian: pillanat hu(hu) Icelandic: augnablik is(is) n. Indonesian: saat id(id) Italian: momento it(it) m. Japanese: 瞬間 ja(ja) (しゅんかん, shunkan) Khmer: ភ្លែត (plairt) Korean: 순간  ko(ko) (sun-gan)

Lao: ບຶດດຽວ lo(lo) (byt-diaw), ບັດ lo(lo) (bat) Latin: punctum n., momentum temporis n. Latvian: moments lv(lv) n., mirklis lv(lv) n., brīdis lv(lv) n. Lithuanian: akimirka lt(lt) Maltese: mument mt(mt) m. Mongolian: агшин mn(mn) (agšin) Norwegian: øyeblikk no(no) n. Old English: brachwíle Persian: لحظه fa(fa) n. Polish: chwila pl(pl) f. Portuguese: instante pt(pt) m., momento pt(pt) m. Romanian: clipă ro(ro) n. Russian: момент ru(ru) (momént) m., мгновение ru(ru) (mgnovénije) n., миг ru(ru) (mig) m., минута ru(ru) (minúta) f. Scottish Gaelic: greis gd(gd) f. Serbian: trenutak sr(sr) m., časak sr(sr) m. Slovak: okamžik sk(sk) n., chvíľa sk(sk) n., momentík sk(sk) n. Slovene: trenutek sl(sl) m. Spanish: momento es(es) m. Swahili: kitambo (nc 7/8), nukta (nc 9/10) Swedish: momang sv(sv) c., ögonblick sv(sv) n., moment sv(sv) n. Thai: ครู่ th(th) (krôo), เดี๋ยว th(th) (dĭeow) Turkish: an tr(tr) Vietnamese: chốc lát, khẩn yếu, một chút, một lát, việc quan trọng Welsh: Hyn o bryd Yiddish: אויגנבליק (oygnblik) m., מאָמענט (moment) m.

moment in time

Finnish: hetki fi(fi), silmänräpäys fi(fi) Greek: στιγμή el(el) (stigmí) f.

Lao: ດຽວ lo(lo) (diaw) Norwegian: tidspunkt no(no) n., øyeblikk no(no) n.

moment of force

Bulgarian: момент на сила m. Catalan: moment de força m. Chinese: 力矩 (lì jǔ) Czech: moment síly cs(cs) m. Dutch: moment nl(nl) m. Esperanto: momanto Finnish: momentti fi(fi) French: moment fr(fr) m. German: Moment de(de) m. Greek: ροπή el(el) f.

Japanese: モーメント (mōmento) Norwegian: moment no(no) Polish: moment siły m. Portuguese: momento pt(pt) m. Russian: момент силы ru(ru) (momént síly) m. Slovene: navor sl(sl) m. Swedish: moment sv(sv) c. Thai: โมเมนต์ (mohmen) Turkish: moment tr(tr) Vietnamese: mô men

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Chinese: 刻 (kè)

Anagrams

• emmnot,
• montem

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Catalan

Etymology

Latin momentum

Noun

Moment m. (plural Moments)

1. moment (specific instant or time)

   Template:... 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 glory for the last years of the 18^th Century and the first ones of the 19^th.

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Dutch

Etymology

Latin momentum

Pronunciation

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Noun

Moment n. (plural Momenten, diminutive Momentje, diminutive plural Momentjes)

1. moment (very brief period of time)

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French

Etymology

From Latin momentum

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /momɑ̃/

Noun

Moment m. (plural Moments)

1. moment (short period of time)
2. a while

   Ça fait un moment que je l'attends - I've been waiting for him for a while

Derived terms

• pour le moment
• au moment où

See also

• instant

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Romanian

Etymology

Latin momentum

Pronunciation

• IPA: [mo'ment]

Noun

Moment n. (plural momente)

1. moment [Clarification of this translation from Romanian is requested]

Declension

    declension of Moment

	singular		plural
gender n.	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
Nominative/Accusative	un Moment	momentul	nişte momente	momentele
Genitive/Dative	unui Moment	momentului	unor momente	momentelor
Vocative	—	—	—	—