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modern

/ˈmɒdən/MO-durn
/ˈmɑdɚn/MAH-durn

Meaningof the present mode

Common meaning: of present times

Journey through time

  1. Latinmodernus‘modern’source
  2. Frenchmodernesource
  3. Englishmodern‘of present times’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin modernus ‘of the present mode’.

Roots

  • modernus Latin “of the present mode”

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