maintenant
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French maintenant.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
maintenant
- now, currently
- Synonyms: à cette heure, à présent, actuellement, aujourd’hui, en ce moment
Derived terms edit
Participle edit
maintenant
Further reading edit
- “maintenant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French edit
Etymology edit
From maintenir + -ant. Equivalent to main + tenant.
Adverb edit
maintenant
Descendants edit
- French: maintenant
References edit
- Etymology and history of “maintenant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.