"moment" in seven languages
Meaningmoment
Spanish
momento
/moˈmento/
masc.learned
French
moment
/mɔmɑ̃/
masc.learned
Italian
momento
/moˈmento/
masc.learned
Portuguese
momento
/moˈmẽtu/
masc.learned
Romanian
moment
/moˈment/
neut.learned
Catalan
moment
/muˈmen/
masc.learned
English
moment
/ˈmoʊmənt/
from Latin/French · Old French moment / Latin
English → ItalianmomentmomentoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
MŌMENTUM‘movement; an instant (from MOVĒRE 'to move')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
MŌMENTUM, from MOVĒRE, was first a movement, then the instant a movement takes. Physics kept the old sense in momentum.
English relatives: momentum, momentous
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In a sentence
- esEspera un momento, por favor.
- frAttends un moment, s'il te plaît.
- itAspetta un momento, per favore.
- ptEspere um momento, por favor.
- roAșteaptă un moment, te rog.
- caEspera un moment, si us plau.
- enWait a moment, please.