momentous

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• UK: /məʊˈmɛn.təs/
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• US: /moʊˈmɛn.təs/
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Etymology tree English moment Proto-Indo-European *h3ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h3édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English momentous From moment (“weight, importance”) + -ous.

81 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: جَسِيم (jasīm) — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Armenian: կարեւոր (karewor) — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Old Armenian: մեծ (mec) — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Azerbaijani: mühüm — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Basque: erabakigarri — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Basque: garrantzitsu — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Bulgarian: много важен (mnogo važen) — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Catalan: crucial — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Catalan: crític — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Catalan: decisiu — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Catalan: definitiu — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Catalan: significatiu — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Czech: důležitý — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Czech: významný — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Czech: závažný — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Esperanto: gravega — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Estonian: pöördeline — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Finnish: merkittävä — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Finnish: merkityksellinen — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Finnish: järisyttävä — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Finnish: käänteentekevä — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• French: capital — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• French: considérable — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• French: fatidique — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• French: primordial — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• French: essentiel — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• French: substantiel — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Galician: momentoso — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Galician: capital — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Galician: crucial — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Galician: primordial — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Galician: transcendental — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• German: wichtig — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• German: bedeutsam — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• German: folgenreich — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• German: folgenschwer — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• German: denkwürdig — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• German: gewichtig — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Hebrew: חשוב (khashuv) — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Hebrew: רב חשיבות (rav khashivut) — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Hungarian: jelentős — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Hungarian: nagy jelentőségű/horderejű — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Ido: grava — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Ido: importanta — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Italian: cruciale — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Italian: critico — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Italian: importante — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Italian: fondamentale — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Italian: epocale — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Japanese: 重大な (jūdai na) — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Korean: 중대하다 (jungdaehada) — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Latin: magnus — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Manx: frioosagh — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Occitan: important — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Occitan: considerable — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Occitan: capital — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Occitan: essencial — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Occitan: fondamental — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Polish: doniosły — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Polish: ważny — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Polish: znaczący — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Polish: wielkiej wagi — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Portuguese: momentoso — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Portuguese: capital — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Portuguese: crítico — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Portuguese: crucial — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Portuguese: importante — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Portuguese: memorável — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Romanian: însemnat — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Russian: ва́жный (vážnyj) — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Russian: знаменательный (znamenatelʹnyj) — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Sanskrit: गुरु (guru) — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Spanish: importante — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Spanish: crucial — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Spanish: memorable — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Swedish: betydelsefull — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Swedish: viktig — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Turkish: mühim — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Turkish: önemli — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Vietnamese: quan trọng — of outstanding importance or great consequence
• Vietnamese: trọng yếu — of outstanding importance or great consequence