Definitions and meaning of moment moment
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/
Hyphenation: mo‧ment Noun moment (countable and uncountable , plural moments )
A particular point, or relatively small region, either of space (a "spot") or of time (an "instant").
A brief, unspecified amount of time.
Synonyms: stound , instant , trice
( figurative ) ( physics, mechanics ) Ellipsis of moment of force .
Synonym: torque ( historical, unit ) ( neurology, informal ) ( colloquial ) ( mathematics ) ( mathematics ) ( Internet slang, derogatory, usually preceded by a noun ) Derived terms Translations See also 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 Catalan Etymology Borrowed from Latin mōmentum .
Pronunciation IPA(key) : ( Central ) [muˈmen]
IPA(key) : ( Balearic, Valencian ) [moˈment]
Rhymes: -ent Noun moment m plural moments )
moment ( specific instant or time )
Derived terms 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, 2024 “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 Noun moment m inan
moment ( specific instant or time ) Declension Related terms 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/
Hyphenation: mo‧ment
Rhymes: -ɛnt Noun moment n plural momenten , diminutive momentje n
moment (very brief period of time)
Synonym: ogenblik
( physics ) moment
Synonym: krachtmoment Derived terms Descendants Afrikaans: moment
→ Indonesian: momen French Etymology From Latin mōmentum .
Pronunciation Noun moment m plural moments )
moment ( point in time ) moment ( short period of time ) a while
( physics, mechanics ) moment , momentumDerived terms See also 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 , instantNorwegian Nynorsk Etymology From Latin momentum , from movere .
Pronunciation Noun moment n definite singular momentet , indefinite plural moment definite plural momenta )
element , variable , contributing factor or circumstance
( physics ) moment of force References “moment” in The Nynorsk Dictionary . Occitan Etymology From Latin mōmentum .
Pronunciation Noun moment m plural moments
moment Polish Etymology Learned borrowing from Latin mōmentum . First attested in 1592.
Pronunciation IPA(key) : /ˈmɔ.mɛnt/
( Middle Polish ) IPA(key) : /ˈmɔ.mɛnt/ , /ˈmɔ.ment/ Rhymes: -ɔmɛnt
Syllabification: mo‧ment Noun moment m inan diminutive momencik )
moment ( short period of time )
Synonym: chwila moment ( specific point or period in time )
Synonym: chwila moment ( short period of development or continuance of something ) [+ w (locative) ( physics ) moment ( turning effect of a force applied to a rotational system at a distance from the axis of rotation )
moment bezwładnościmoment of inertiamoment gnący / moment zginającybending moment moment pęduangular momentum, moment of momentum moment siłymoment of forcemoment skręcającytwisting moment ( film, humorous, television ) ( segment in a movie in which characters have sex ) ( obsolete, mathematics ) moment ( infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement ) Declension Interjection moment
( colloquial ) (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 [3] Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861 ) “moment”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861 [4] J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902 ), “moment”, in Słownik języka polskiego [5] (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 1034 Romanian Etymology Borrowed from French moment , from Latin momentum .
Pronunciation Noun moment n plural momente )
moment (brief period of time) (clarification of this definition is needed) Declension Derived terms la un moment dat pentru moment Related terms See also Swedish Etymology From Latin momentum .
Noun moment n
a step in a process
an independent part of some (abstract) whole; an element, a factor
( 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 )
( physics ) moment Derived terms moment ddeubol ( “ dipole moment ” ) moment momentwm ( “ moment of momentum ” ) Mutation Source: wiktionary.org