adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/kənˌtɛm.pəˈɹeɪ.ni.əs/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˌkɒn.tɛm-/
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General-American:/kənˌtɛm.pəˈɹeɪ.ni.əs/
rhymes with -eɪniəs
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Existing or created in the same period of time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adjective satellite
Meaning 2
of the same period
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: coetaneous, coeval
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
occurring in the same period of time
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a rise in interest rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in inflation
the composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: contemporary
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Latin contemporāneus (“contemporary”), from con- (“with”) + tempus (“time”) + -aneus (“of or pertaining to”) (compare Late Latin temporāneus (“opportune, timely”)).
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
مُتَعَاصِر
(mutaʕāṣir)
— existing or created in the same period of time
Arabic:
مُتَزَامِن
(mutazāmin)
— existing or created in the same period of time
Arabic:
مُتَوَاقِت
(mutawāqit)
— existing or created in the same period of time
Arabic:
مُعَاصِر
(muʕāṣir)
— existing or created in the same period of time
Belarusian:
адначасо́вы
(adnačasóvy)
— existing or created in the same period of time
Bulgarian:
едновременен
(ednovremenen)
— existing or created in the same period of time
Catalan:
contemporani
— existing or created in the same period of time
Chinese Mandarin:
同時 /同时
(tóngshí)
— existing or created in the same period of time
Finnish:
saman aikakauden
— existing or created in the same period of time
French:
contemporain
— existing or created in the same period of time
Galician:
contemporáneo
— existing or created in the same period of time
Georgian:
თანამედროვე
(tanamedrove)
— existing or created in the same period of time
Georgian:
თანადროული
(tanadrouli)
— existing or created in the same period of time
German:
gleichzeitig
— existing or created in the same period of time
German:
zeitgleich
— existing or created in the same period of time
Greek:
σύγχρονος
(sýnchronos)
— existing or created in the same period of time
Hungarian:
egyidejű
— existing or created in the same period of time
Hungarian:
egykorú
— existing or created in the same period of time
Hungarian:
kortárs
— existing or created in the same period of time
Hungarian:
korabeli
— existing or created in the same period of time
Japanese:
同時の
(dōji no)
— existing or created in the same period of time
Latvian:
vienlaicīgs
— existing or created in the same period of time
Manx:
co-emshiragh
— existing or created in the same period of time
Norwegian Bokmål:
samtidig
— existing or created in the same period of time
Polish:
jednoczesny
— existing or created in the same period of time
Portuguese:
contemporâneo
— existing or created in the same period of time
Romanian:
contemporan
— existing or created in the same period of time
Russian:
одновре́ме́нный
(odnovréménnyj)
— existing or created in the same period of time
Sicilian:
cuntimpuràniu
— existing or created in the same period of time
Slovene:
sodoben
— existing or created in the same period of time
Spanish:
contemporáneo
— existing or created in the same period of time
Spanish:
coetáneo
— existing or created in the same period of time
Tagalog:
alinsabay
— existing or created in the same period of time
Ukrainian:
одноча́сний
(odnočásnyj)
— existing or created in the same period of time