"modern" in seven languages
Meaningmodern
Spanish
moderno
/moˈdeɾno/
learned
French
moderne
/mɔdɛʁn/
learned
Italian
moderno
/moˈdɛrno/
learned
Portuguese
moderno
/moˈdɛhnu/
learned
Romanian
modern
/moˈdern/
learned
Catalan
modern
/muˈdɛrn/
learned
English
modern
/ˈmɑdɚn/
from Latin/French · French moderne, Late Latin
English → ItalianmodernmodernoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
MODERNUM (Late Latin)‘of the present time (MODO 'just now')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A 6th-century coinage from MODO 'just now': modern simply meant 'recent', as opposed to the ancients. Same word in all four languages.
English relatives: modern, modernize
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In a sentence
- esViven en un edificio moderno.
- frIls habitent dans un immeuble moderne.
- itAbitano in un palazzo moderno.
- ptEles moram num prédio moderno.
- roLocuiesc într-o clădire modernă.
- caViuen en un edifici modern.
- enThey live in a modern building.