momentan

Danish

Etymology

From Latin mōmentāneus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /momənˈtæˀn/

Adjective

momentan

  1. momentary

Inflection

Inflection of momentan
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular momentan 2
indefinite neuter singular momentant 2
plural momentane 2
definite attributive1 momentane

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

References

Esperanto

Adjective

momentan

  1. accusative singular of momenta

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mōmentāneus (momentary).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [momɛnˈtaːn]
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  • Hyphenation: mo‧men‧tan
  • Rhymes: -aːn

Adjective

momentan (strong nominative masculine singular momentaner, not comparable)

  1. current
  2. present

Declension

Adverb

momentan

  1. at the moment
  2. currently
  3. for the time being
  4. just now
  5. presently

Further reading

  • momentan” in Duden online
  • momentan” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moːmənˈtaːn/

Adjective

momentan (masculine momentanen, neuter momentaant, not comparable)

  1. current, present

Adverb

momentan

  1. currently, presently
  2. at the moment

Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin momentaneus or Italian momentaneo or French momentané or German momentan.

Adjective

momentan m or n (feminine singular momentană, masculine plural momentani, feminine and neuter plural momentane)

  1. momentary, belonging to the moment
  2. (linguistics) punctual
    Antonym: durativ

Declension

Declension of momentan
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite momentan momentană momentani momentane
definite momentanul momentana momentanii momentanele
genitive-
dative
indefinite momentan momentane momentani momentane
definite momentanului momentanei momentanilor momentanelor

Adverb

momentan

  1. at the moment

Further reading

Swedish

Adjective

momentan (not comparable)

  1. lasting only a short while; momentary
    en momentan fred
    a momentary peace
  2. instantaneous

Declension

Inflection of momentan
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular momentan momentanare momentanast
neuter singular momentant momentanare momentanast
plural momentana momentanare momentanast
masculine plural2 momentane momentanare momentanast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 momentane momentanare momentanaste
all momentana momentanare momentanaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References