contemporain

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French contemporain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɔn.tɛm.poːˈrɛːn/

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• Hyphenation: con‧tem‧po‧rain
• Rhymes: -ɛːn

Adjective

contemporain (not comparable)

1. contemporary

   Synonym: contemporair

Inflection

Declension of contemporain
uninflected	contemporain
inflected	contemporaine
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		contemporain
indefinite	m./f. sing.	contemporaine
	n. sing.	contemporain
	plural	contemporaine
definite		contemporaine
partitive		contemporains

French

Etymology

From Latin contemporāneus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁɛ̃/

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Adjective

contemporain (feminine contemporaine, masculine plural contemporains, feminine plural contemporaines)

1. current, of the current era
2. contemporary (from the same time period)

Derived terms

• latin contemporain

 

Descendants

• → Dutch: contemporain

Further reading

• “contemporain”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.