maintenant
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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.
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