moment

moment

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English

Etymology

From Middle English moment, from Old French moment, from Latin mōmentum. Doublet of momentum and movement.

Pronunciation

  • (MLE) IPA(key): /momən(ʔ)/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈməʊmənt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmoʊmənt/, /ˈmolmɛnt/
  • (Ireland) IPA(key): /ˈməʊmənt̞/
    • (Dublin) IPA(key): /ˈmʌo̞mən/
  • (Indic) IPA(key): /mo(ː)meɳʈ/, /mu(ː)meɳʈ/
    • (dialectal) Homophone: movement
  • Hyphenation: mo‧ment

Noun

moment (countable and uncountable, plural moments)

  1. A particular point, or relatively small region.
    1. A particular point of space; a spot.
      Synonyms: point, spot
    2. A particular point of time; an instant.
      Synonyms: instant, minute; see also Thesaurus:point in time
  2. A brief, unspecified amount of time.
    Synonyms: stound, instant, trice; see also Thesaurus:moment
  3. (figurative) Weight or importance.
  4. (physics, mechanics) Ellipsis of moment of force.
    Synonym: torque
  5. (historical, unit) A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth of an hour.
  6. (neurology, informal) A petit mal episode; such a spell.
  7. (colloquial) A fit; a brief tantrum.
  8. (mathematics) An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement.
  9. (mathematics) A quantitative measure of the shape of a set of points.
  10. (Internet slang, frequently derogatory, usually preceded by a noun) An embarrassing event, supposed to be characteristic of some person, group, or situation.

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Translations

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

Borrowed from Latin mōmentum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [muˈmen]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [moˈment]
  • Rhymes: -ent

Noun

moment m (plural moments)

  1. moment (specific instant or time)

Derived terms

  • de moment
  • momentet

Further reading

  • “moment”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
  • “moment”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
  • “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]

Noun

moment m inan

  1. moment (specific instant or time)

Declension

Related terms

  • See motiv

Further reading

  • “moment”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “moment”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch moment, from Middle French moment, from Latin momentum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moːˈmɛnt/
  • Hyphenation: mo‧ment
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

moment n (plural momenten, diminutive momentje n)

  1. moment (very brief period of time)
    Synonym: ogenblik
  2. (physics) moment of force, moment
    Synonym: krachtmoment

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: moment
  • → Indonesian: momen

French

Etymology

From Latin mōmentum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔ.mɑ̃/

Noun

moment m (plural moments)

  1. moment (point in time)
  2. moment (short period of time)
  3. a while
  4. (physics, mechanics) moment, momentum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Persian: ممان (momân)

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)

  1. 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)

  1. element, variable, contributing factor or circumstance
  2. (physics) moment of force

References

  • “moment” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin mōmentum.

Pronunciation

Noun

moment m (plural moments)

  1. moment

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mōmentum. First attested in 1592.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔmɛnt
  • Syllabification: mo‧ment

Noun

moment m inan (diminutive momencik)

  1. moment (short period of time)
    Synonym: chwila
  2. moment (specific point or period in time)
    Synonym: chwila
  3. moment (short period of development or continuance of something) [with w (+ locative) ‘in what’]
  4. (physics) moment (turning effect of a force applied to a rotational system at a distance from the axis of rotation)
    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
  5. (film, humorous, television) sex scene (segment in a movie in which characters have sex)
  6. (obsolete, mathematics) moment (infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement)

Declension

Interjection

moment

  1. (colloquial) wait a minute, wait a moment, wait a second (used when the speaker expects to refrain from speaking or acting for a short time)
    Synonyms: chwila, chwila moment, chwileczkę, momencik

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Kashubian: mòment, mòmeńt
  • → Silesian: mōmynt

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), moment is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 12 times in scientific texts, 11 times in news, 16 times in essays, 37 times in fiction, and 15 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 91 times, making it the 701st most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

References

Further reading

  • moment in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • moment in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • “MOMENT”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 13.10.2008
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “moment”, in Słownik języka polskiego
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “moment”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “moment”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 1034

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French moment, from Latin mōmentum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moˈment/
  • Rhymes: -ent
  • Hyphenation: mo‧ment

Noun

moment n (plural momente)

  1. moment (brief length of time)
    de moment ― momentary
    pentru un moment ― for a moment
  2. moment (definite point in time)
    în momentul de față ― at the present moment
  3. the time, the right moment
  4. (mechanics, physics) moment, momentum
  5. short literary composition which captures an episode of daily life, a genre notably cultivated by Ion Luca Caragiale

Declension

Derived terms

Derived terms

  • momental
  • momentos

Related terms

  • momentan

Further reading

  • “moment”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025
  • Iorgu Iordan, Alexandru Graur, Ion Coteanu, editors (1965), Dicționarul Limbii Române‎[2], volume 6, Bucharest: Academy of the Socialist Republic of Romania, pages 829–830

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin momentum.

Noun

moment n

  1. a step in a process
  2. an independent part of some (abstract) whole; an element, a factor
  3. (physics) moment

Declension

Derived terms

  • orosmoment
  • överraskningsmoment

References

  • moment in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • moment in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • moment in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈmɔmɛnt/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈmoːmɛnt/, /ˈmɔmɛnt/

Noun

moment m (plural momentau)

  1. (physics) moment

Derived terms

  • moment ddeubol (“dipole moment”)
  • moment momentwm (“moment of momentum”)

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