momental

English

Etymology

From moment +‎ -al. Compare Old French momental.

Adjective

momental (comparative more momental, superlative most momental)

1. (obsolete) Lasting only for a moment; brief.
   • 1606, N[athaniel] B[axter], Sir Philip Sydneys Ouránia, That Is, Endimions Song and Tragedie, Containing All Philosophie, London: […] Ed. Allde, for Edward White, […], →OCLC, signature D, recto:

     Not one momentall minute doth ſhe ſwerue, […]

   • 1994, Sandhya, Widowhood: A Socio-psychiatric Study:

     Self-immolation was momental suffering but widowhood was a lifelong

2. (obsolete) important; momentous
3. (obsolete, engineering) Of or relating to moment or momentum.
   • 1877, Edward John Routh, An Elementary Treatise on the Dynamics of a System of Rigid Bodies:

     momental ellipsoid

References

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “momental”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Romanian

Etymology

From moment +‎ -al.

Adjective

momental m or n (feminine singular momentală, masculine plural momentali, feminine and neuter plural momentale)

1. temporary

Declension

Declension of momental

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	momental		momentală	momentali	momentale
	definite	momentalul		momentala	momentalii	momentalele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	momental		momentale	momentali	momentale
	definite	momentalului		momentalei	momentalilor	momentalelor

Adverb

momental

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References

• momental in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN