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6-letter words (4 found)

MODERN,MORNED,NORMED,RODMEN,

5-letter words (11 found)

DEMON,DONER,DROME,DRONE,ENORM,MODER,MONDE,MONER,MORNE,REDON,RONDE,

4-letter words (29 found)

DEMO,DERM,DERN,DERO,DOEN,DOER,DOME,DONE,DORE,DORM,MEND,MENO,MODE,MOER,MORE,MORN,NERD,NODE,NOME,NORM,OMEN,OMER,ONER,REDO,REND,RENO,RODE,ROED,RONE,

3-letter words (31 found)

DEN,DOE,DOM,DON,DOR,EMO,END,EON,ERM,ERN,MED,MEN,MOD,MOE,MON,MOR,NED,NOD,NOM,NOR,ODE,ONE,ORD,ORE,RED,REM,REN,REO,ROD,ROE,ROM,

2-letter words (16 found)

DE,DO,ED,EM,EN,ER,ME,MO,NE,NO,OD,OE,OM,ON,OR,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 92 words from modern according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of modern

modern

Etymology

From Middle French moderne, from Late Latin modernus; from Latin modo (“just now”), originally ablative of modus (“measure”); hence, by measure, "just now". See also mode.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɒd(ə)n/
  • (General American) enPR: mŏdʹərn, IPA(key): /ˈmɑdɚn/
  • Rhymes: -ɒdə(ɹ)n
  • Hyphenation: mod‧ern

Adjective

modern (comparative moderner or more modern, superlative modernest or most modern)

  1. Pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient.
  2. (history) Pertaining to the modern period (c.1800 to contemporary times), particularly in academic historiography.

Synonyms

  • (pertaining to current or recent time): contemporary, current; see also Thesaurus:present

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "pertaining to current or recent time"): ancient, dated, former, historical, old, old-fashioned; see also Thesaurus:past
  • (antonym(s) of "pertaining to the modern period"): premodern

Derived terms

Related terms

  • moderne
  • Modernisme
  • modernus

Translations

Noun

modern (plural moderns)

  1. Someone who lives in modern times.

References

  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “modern”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  • “modern”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • modern in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
  • "modern" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 208.
  • “modern”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “modern”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “modern”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • Morden, Redmon, nerdom, normed, rodmen

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin modernus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [muˈðɛrn]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [moˈðɛrn]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [moˈðɛɾn]

Adjective

modern (feminine moderna, masculine plural moderns, feminine plural modernes)

  1. modern

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “modern” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “modern”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “modern” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “modern” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French moderne, from Latin modernus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moːˈdɛrn/
  • Hyphenation: mo‧dern
  • Rhymes: -ɛrn

Adjective

modern (comparative moderner, superlative modernst)

  1. modern
  2. (historical, Protestantism) modernist
    Synonym: modernistisch

Inflection

Derived terms

  • hypermodern
  • moderniseren
  • modernisme, modernist, moderniste
  • moderniteit
  • postmodern, postmodernisme, postmodernist, postmoderniste

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: modern
  • → Papiamentu: modern (dated)

German

Etymology 1

From Moder (“moldiness”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmoːdɐn/
  • Rhymes: -ɛʁn

Verb

modern (weak, third-person singular present modert, past tense moderte, past participle gemodert, auxiliary haben)

  1. to rot, to molder
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From French moderne, from Latin modernus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moˈdɛʁn/

Adjective

modern (strong nominative masculine singular moderner, comparative moderner, superlative am modernsten)

  1. modern
  2. state-of-the-art
Declension
Derived terms
  • Modernismus

Further reading

  • “modern (Verb)” in Duden online
  • “modern (Adjektiv)” in Duden online
  • “modern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian

Etymology

From English modern and German modern, from French moderne, from Medieval Latin modernus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmodɛrn]
  • Hyphenation: mo‧dern
  • Rhymes: -ɛrn

Adjective

modern (comparative modernebb, superlative legmodernebb)

  1. modern
    Synonym: korszerű

Declension

References

Further reading

  • modern in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moˈtɛn/

Adjective

modern

  1. modern

Declension

Further reading

  • Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Indonesian

Alternative forms

  • moden (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)
  • moderen (nonstandard Indonesian)

Etymology

From Dutch modern, from Middle French moderne, from Latin modernus, from modo (“just now”), originally ablative of modus (“measure”); hence, by measure, "just now". Doublet of mode, model, modul, and modus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [moˈdɛr(ə̆)n]
  • Hyphenation: mo‧dèrn

Adjective

modèrn

  1. modern.
    Synonyms: terbaru, mutakhir

Noun

modèrn (first-person possessive modernku, second-person possessive modernmu, third-person possessive modernnya)

  1. modern.

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • “modern” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French moderne.

Pronunciation

Adjective

modern m or n (feminine singular modernă, masculine plural moderni, feminine and neuter plural moderne)

  1. modern

Declension

Swedish

Etymology 1

From French moderne, from Late Latin modernus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muˈdɛrn/, /moˈdɛrn/

Adjective

modern (comparative modernare, superlative modernast)

  1. modern
  2. in fashion
Declension
Antonyms
  • omodern
Related terms
  • modernisera
  • modernism
  • modernistisk

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmuːdɛrn/

Noun

modern

  1. definite singular of moder
  2. definite singular of mor

Anagrams

  • morden

Turkish

Etymology

From French moderne

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moˈdæɾn/

Adjective

modern

  1. modern

Declension


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