adj · noun · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈmɒd.ən/
Received-Pronunciation:[ˈmɒd.n̩]
Received-Pronunciation:mŏdʹərn
Atlantic-Canada, General-American:/ˈmɑ.dɚn/
California:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
Canada, dialectal:/ˈmɒd.ɚn/of the US
Australian:/ˈmɔd.ən/
Australian:[ˈmɔd.n̩]
New-Zealand:/ˈmɒd.ən/
New-Zealand:[ˈmɔ̟d.n̩]
rhymes with -ɒdə(ɹ)n
CMU ARPABET:M AA1 D ER0 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Our online interactive game is a modern approach to teaching about gum disease. Although it was built in the 1600s, the building still has a very modern look.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Pertaining to the modern period (c.1800 to contemporary times), particularly in academic historiography.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Someone who lives in modern times.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adjective
Meaning 4
belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
modern art
modern furniture
modern history
totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: nonmodern
5
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
used of a living language; being the current stage in its development
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
Modern English
New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: New
Antonyms: none provided
7
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
relating to a recently developed fashion or style;
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
their offices are in a modern skyscraper
tables in modernistic designs
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mod, modernistic
Antonyms: none provided
8
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
ahead of the times
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the advanced teaching methods
had advanced views on the subject
a forward-looking corporation
is British industry innovative enough?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: advanced, forward-looking, innovative
Antonyms: none provided
9
noun
Meaning 9
a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: modern font, Bodoni, Bodoni font
Antonyms: old style
Broader terms: proportional font
10
noun
Meaning 10
a contemporary person
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
From Middle French moderne, from Late Latin modernus; from Latin modo (“just now”), originally ablative of modus (“measure”); hence, by measure, "just now". See also mode.
Across languages
Translations
106 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
عَصْرِيّ
(ʕaṣriyy)
— pertaining to the current time and style
Arabic:
حَدِيث
(ḥadīṯ)
— pertaining to the current time and style
Arabic:
مُعَاصِر
(muʕāṣir)
— pertaining to the current time and style
Armenian:
ժամանակակից
(žamanakakicʻ)
— pertaining to the current time and style
Armenian:
արդիական
(ardiakan)
— pertaining to the current time and style
Asturian:
modernu
— pertaining to the current time and style
Azerbaijani:
müasir
— pertaining to the current time and style
Azerbaijani:
çağdaş
— pertaining to the current time and style
Belarusian:
суча́сны
(sučásny)
— pertaining to the current time and style
Bengali:
আধুনিক
(adhunik)
— pertaining to the current time and style
Bulgarian:
моде́рен
(modéren)
— pertaining to the current time and style
Bulgarian:
съвреме́нен
(sǎvreménen)
— pertaining to the current time and style
Catalan:
modern
— pertaining to the current time and style
Chinese Mandarin:
現代的 /现代的
(xiàndài de)
— pertaining to the current time and style
Chinese Mandarin:
摩登
(módēng)
— pertaining to the current time and style
Chinese Mandarin:
近代的
(jìndài de)
— pertaining to the current time and style
Czech:
moderní
— pertaining to the current time and style
Czech:
současný
— pertaining to the current time and style
Danish:
moderne
— pertaining to the current time and style
Dutch:
modern
— pertaining to the current time and style
Dutch:
eigentijds
— pertaining to the current time and style
Dutch:
hedendaags
— pertaining to the current time and style
Dutch:
nieuwerwets
— pertaining to the current time and style
Esperanto:
moderna
— pertaining to the current time and style
Finnish:
moderni
— pertaining to the current time and style
Finnish:
nykyaikainen
— pertaining to the current time and style
Finnish:
uudenaikainen
— pertaining to the current time and style
French:
moderne
— pertaining to the current time and style
Galician:
moderno
— pertaining to the current time and style
Georgian:
თანამედროვე
(tanamedrove)
— pertaining to the current time and style
German:
modern
— pertaining to the current time and style
Greek:
μοντέρνος
(montérnos)
— pertaining to the current time and style
Greek:
σύγχρονος
(sýnchronos)
— pertaining to the current time and style
Haitian Creole:
modèn
— pertaining to the current time and style
Hebrew:
מוֹדֶרְנִי
(moderní)
— pertaining to the current time and style
Hindi:
आधुनिक
(ādhunik)
— pertaining to the current time and style
Hungarian:
modern
— pertaining to the current time and style
Icelandic:
nútímalegur
— pertaining to the current time and style
Ido:
moderna
— pertaining to the current time and style
Indonesian:
modern
— pertaining to the current time and style
Indonesian:
mutakhir
— pertaining to the current time and style
Ingrian:
nykyaikain
— pertaining to the current time and style
Irish:
nua-aoiseach
— pertaining to the current time and style
Irish:
nua-aimseartha
— pertaining to the current time and style
Italian:
moderno
— pertaining to the current time and style
Japanese:
モダンな
(modan na)
— pertaining to the current time and style
Japanese:
近代的
(kindaiteki)
— pertaining to the current time and style
Japanese:
現代的 (
(gendaiteki)
— pertaining to the current time and style
Kazakh:
модернистік
(modernistık)
— pertaining to the current time and style
Khmer:
ទំនើប
(tumnəəp)
— pertaining to the current time and style
Khmer:
សម័យថ្មី
(sa’may tməy)
— pertaining to the current time and style
Korean:
현대의
(hyeondae'ui)
— pertaining to the current time and style
Kyrgyz:
заманбап
(zamanbap)
— pertaining to the current time and style
Latvian:
moderns
— pertaining to the current time and style
Macedonian:
модерен
(moderen)
— pertaining to the current time and style
Macedonian:
современ
(sovremen)
— pertaining to the current time and style
Manchu:
ᠨᡝᡳ ᡶᠣᠩᡤᡝ
(nei fongge)
— pertaining to the current time and style
Norman:
modèrne
— pertaining to the current time and style
Norwegian:
moderne
— pertaining to the current time and style
Odia:
ଆଧୁନିକ
(ādhunika)
— pertaining to the current time and style
Old English:
niewe
— pertaining to the current time and style
Old English:
geong
— pertaining to the current time and style
Persian:
مدرن
— pertaining to the current time and style
Persian:
امروزی
(emruzi)
— pertaining to the current time and style
Persian:
زمانوی
(zamānavi)
— pertaining to the current time and style
Plautdietsch:
niemootsch
— pertaining to the current time and style
Polish:
nowoczesny
— pertaining to the current time and style
Polish:
współczesny
— pertaining to the current time and style
Portuguese:
moderno
— pertaining to the current time and style
Russian:
совреме́нный
(sovreménnyj)
— pertaining to the current time and style
Scottish Gaelic:
nodha
— pertaining to the current time and style
Scottish Gaelic:
ùr-nodha
— pertaining to the current time and style
Serbo-Croatian:
модеран
— pertaining to the current time and style
Serbo-Croatian:
савремен
— pertaining to the current time and style
Serbo-Croatian:
moderan
— pertaining to the current time and style
Serbo-Croatian:
savremen
— pertaining to the current time and style
Slovak:
moderný
— pertaining to the current time and style
Slovak:
súčasný
— pertaining to the current time and style
Slovene:
moderen
— pertaining to the current time and style
Slovene:
sodoben
— pertaining to the current time and style
Lower Sorbian:
moderny
— pertaining to the current time and style
Spanish:
moderno
— pertaining to the current time and style
Swedish:
modern
— pertaining to the current time and style
Swedish:
nutida
— pertaining to the current time and style
Tagalog:
moderno
— pertaining to the current time and style
Tajik:
замонавӣ
(zamonavi)
— pertaining to the current time and style
Tatar:
замандаш
(zamandaş)
— pertaining to the current time and style
Tatar:
чакташ
(çaqtaş)
— pertaining to the current time and style
Telugu:
ఆధునికం
(ādhunikaṁ)
— pertaining to the current time and style
Turkish:
çağdaş
— pertaining to the current time and style
Turkish:
modern
— pertaining to the current time and style
Turkish:
muasır
— pertaining to the current time and style
Turkish:
çağcıl
— pertaining to the current time and style
Ukrainian:
суча́сний
(sučásnyj)
— pertaining to the current time and style
Vietnamese:
hiện đại
— pertaining to the current time and style
Volapük:
nulädik
— pertaining to the current time and style
Yiddish:
מאָדערן
— pertaining to the current time and style
Zazaki:
modern
— pertaining to the current time and style
Zhuang:
ciuhneix
— pertaining to the current time and style
Danish:
moderne
— pertaining to history from c. 1800 onwards
Finnish:
moderni
— pertaining to history from c. 1800 onwards
French:
moderne
— pertaining to history from c. 1800 onwards
Greek:
νεώτερος
(neóteros)
— pertaining to history from c. 1800 onwards
Russian:
совреме́нный
(sovreménnyj)
— pertaining to history from c. 1800 onwards
Swedish:
modern
— pertaining to history from c. 1800 onwards
Tagalog:
moderno
— pertaining to history from c. 1800 onwards