contemporary

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• Received-Pronunciation: /kənˈtɛm.p(ə.)ɹə.ɹi/
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• Received-Pronunciation, informal: /kənˈtɛm.p(ə.)ɹi/
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• General-American: /kənˈtɛm.pəˌɹɛɹ.i/
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From Medieval Latin contemporārius, from Latin con- (“with, together”) + temporārius, an adjective derived from tempus (“time”).

181 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: bashkëkohor — from the same time period
• Arabic: مُعَاصِر (muʕāṣir) — from the same time period
• Armenian: ժամանակակից (žamanakakicʻ) — from the same time period
• Azerbaijani: müasir — from the same time period
• Azerbaijani: çağdaş — from the same time period
• Belarusian: суча́сны (sučásny) — from the same time period
• Bulgarian: едновременен (ednovremenen) — from the same time period
• Bulgarian: съвреме́нен (sǎvreménen) — from the same time period
• Catalan: contemporani — from the same time period
• Chinese Mandarin: 同時的 /同时的 (tóngshí de) — from the same time period
• Chinese Mandarin: 當時的 /当时的 (dāngshí) — from the same time period
• Czech: současný — from the same time period
• Danish: samtidig — from the same time period
• Dutch: gelijktijdig — from the same time period
• Dutch: eigentijds — from the same time period
• Dutch: contemporain — from the same time period
• Finnish: samanikäinen — from the same time period
• Finnish: samanaikainen — from the same time period
• French: contemporain — from the same time period
• Galician: contemporáneo — from the same time period
• Georgian: თანამედროვე (tanamedrove) — from the same time period
• German: zeitgenössisch — from the same time period
• Ancient Greek: σύγχρονος (súnkhronos) — from the same time period
• Hebrew: בן דור (ben dor) — from the same time period
• Hindi: समकालीन (samkālīn) — from the same time period
• Hindi: समसामयिक (samsāmyik) — from the same time period
• Hindi: समकक्ष (samkakṣ) — from the same time period
• Hungarian: kortárs — from the same time period
• Irish: comhaosta — from the same time period
• Italian: contemporaneo — from the same time period
• Italian: coetaneo — from the same time period
• Italian: coevo — from the same time period
• Japanese: 同時代の (doujidai no) — from the same time period
• Korean: 현대적 (hyeondaejeok) — from the same time period
• Latin: aequālis — from the same time period
• Latin: coaevālis — from the same time period
• Lithuanian: šiuolaikinis — from the same time period
• Macedonian: современ (sovremen) — from the same time period
• Malay: sezaman — from the same time period
• Manx: co-emshiragh — from the same time period
• Norwegian Bokmål: samtidig — from the same time period
• Norwegian Nynorsk: samtidig — from the same time period
• Persian: معاصر (mo'âser) — from the same time period
• Polish: ówczesny — from the same time period
• Portuguese: contemporâneo — from the same time period
• Romanian: contemporan — from the same time period
• Russian: совреме́нный (sovreménnyj) — from the same time period
• Scottish Gaelic: co-aimsireil — from the same time period
• Serbo-Croatian: са̀времен — from the same time period
• Serbo-Croatian: су̀времен — from the same time period
• Serbo-Croatian: sàvremen — from the same time period
• Serbo-Croatian: sùvremen — from the same time period
• Slovak: dobový — from the same time period
• Slovak: súdobý — from the same time period
• Slovak: súčasný — from the same time period
• Slovak: vtedajší — from the same time period
• Slovene: sodoben — from the same time period
• Spanish: contemporario — from the same time period
• Spanish: coetáneo — from the same time period
• Swedish: samtida — from the same time period
• Tagalog: kapanahon — from the same time period
• Tagalog: alinsabay — from the same time period
• Telugu: సమకాలీన (samakālīna) — from the same time period
• Turkish: çağdaş — from the same time period
• Turkish: çağcıl — from the same time period
• Ukrainian: суча́сний (sučásnyj) — from the same time period
• Vietnamese: hiện đại — from the same time period
• Welsh: cyfoes — from the same time period
• Arabic: عَصْرِيّّ — modern
• Arabic: حَدِيث (ḥadīṯ) — modern
• Arabic: مُعَاصِر (muʕāṣir) — modern
• Armenian: ժամանակակից (žamanakakicʻ) — modern
• Azerbaijani: müasir — modern
• Azerbaijani: çağdaş — modern
• Belarusian: суча́сны (sučásny) — modern
• Bulgarian: моде́рен (modéren) — modern
• Bulgarian: съвреме́нен (sǎvreménen) — modern
• Catalan: contemporani — modern
• Chinese Mandarin: 現代的 /现代的 (xiàndài de) — modern
• Chinese Mandarin: 摩登 (módēng) — modern
• Chinese Mandarin: 近代的 (jìndài de) — modern
• Czech: současný — modern
• Czech: moderní — modern
• Danish: moderne — modern
• Danish: nutids- — modern
• Dutch: hedendaags — modern
• Dutch: eigentijds — modern
• Finnish: nykyaikainen — modern
• Finnish: nyky- — modern
• Finnish: moderni — modern
• French: contemporain — modern
• Georgian: თანამედროვე (tanamedrove) — modern
• German: zeitgenössisch — modern
• German: modern — modern
• German: zeitnah — modern
• Hebrew: עֲכְשָׁוִי (akhshaví) — modern
• Hebrew: בֶּן זְמַנֵּנוּ (ben zmanénu) — modern
• Hungarian: kortárs — modern
• Hungarian: jelenkori — modern
• Indonesian: kontemporer — modern
• Ingrian: nykyaikain — modern
• Irish: nua-aimseartha — modern
• Italian: contemporaneo — modern
• Japanese: 現代的な (gendaiteki na) — modern
• Japanese: 近代的な (kindaiteki na) — modern
• Japanese: モダンな (modan na) — modern
• Kazakh: заманауи (zamanaui) — modern
• Korean: 현대적 (hyeondaejeok) — modern
• Macedonian: модерен (moderen) — modern
• Macedonian: современ (sovremen) — modern
• Malay: kontemporari — modern
• Malayalam: സമകാലിക (samakālika) — modern
• Māori: onāianei — modern
• Norwegian Bokmål: samtids- — modern
• Persian: نوین (novin) — modern
• Polish: współczesny — modern
• Polish: nowoczesny — modern
• Portuguese: contemporâneo — modern
• Portuguese: moderno — modern
• Romanian: contemporan — modern
• Russian: совреме́нный (sovreménnyj) — modern
• Scottish Gaelic: co-aimsireil — modern
• Serbo-Croatian: мо̏де̄ран — modern
• Serbo-Croatian: са̀времен — modern
• Serbo-Croatian: су̀времен — modern
• Serbo-Croatian: mȍdēran — modern
• Serbo-Croatian: sàvremen — modern
• Serbo-Croatian: sùvremen — modern
• Slovak: súčasný — modern
• Slovak: moderný — modern
• Slovene: moderen — modern
• Slovene: sodoben — modern
• Spanish: contemporáneo — modern
• Spanish: contemporario — modern
• Spanish: coetáneo — modern
• Swedish: nutida — modern
• Tagalog: kasalukuyan — modern
• Tagalog: kapanahon — modern
• Turkish: zamandaş — modern
• Turkish: modern — modern
• Turkish: çağcıl — modern
• Ukrainian: суча́сний (sučásnyj) — modern
• Vietnamese: hiện đại — modern
• Armenian: ժամանակակից (žamanakakicʻ) — someone living at the same time
• Azerbaijani: çağdaş — someone living at the same time
• Azerbaijani: həməsr — someone living at the same time
• Azerbaijani: müasir — someone living at the same time
• Bulgarian: съвреме́нник (sǎvreménnik) — someone living at the same time
• Bulgarian: съвреме́нница (sǎvreménnica) — someone living at the same time
• Catalan: contemporani — someone living at the same time
• Czech: současník — someone living at the same time
• Czech: současnice — someone living at the same time
• Dutch: tijdgenoot — someone living at the same time
• Dutch: tijdgenote — someone living at the same time
• Finnish: aikalainen — someone living at the same time
• French: contemporain — someone living at the same time
• Georgian: თანამედროვე (tanamedrove) — someone living at the same time
• German: Zeitgenosse — someone living at the same time
• German: Zeitgenossin — someone living at the same time
• Greek: σύγχρονο (sýnchrono) — someone living at the same time
• Ancient Greek: σύγχρονος (súnkhronos) — someone living at the same time
• Hungarian: kortárs — someone living at the same time
• Icelandic: jafnaldri — someone living at the same time
• Icelandic: samtíðarmaður — someone living at the same time
• Irish: comhaois — someone living at the same time
• Italian: contemporaneo — someone living at the same time
• Northern Kurdish: hevçax — someone living at the same time
• Kyrgyz: замандаш (zamandaş) — someone living at the same time
• Macedonian: современик (sovremenik) — someone living at the same time
• Malay: sezaman — someone living at the same time
• Portuguese: contemporâneo — someone living at the same time
• Romanian: contemporan — someone living at the same time
• Russian: совреме́нник (sovreménnik) — someone living at the same time
• Russian: совреме́нница (sovreménnica) — someone living at the same time
• Scottish Gaelic: comhaois — someone living at the same time
• Spanish: contemporáneo — someone living at the same time
• Tagalog: kapanahon — someone living at the same time
• Turkish: çağdaş — someone living at the same time
• Turkish: çağcıl — someone living at the same time
• Ukrainian: сучасник (sučasnyk) — someone living at the same time
• Ukrainian: сучасниця (sučasnycja) — someone living at the same time