moment
French, noun/mɔ.mɑ̃/
moment is spelled M-O-M-E-N-T (6 letters) and appears 457 times per million words in written French, the 176th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Moment is a French masculine noun meaning “moment (point in time)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Point dans le temps”.
What does moment mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemoment (point in time)
- 2
masculinemoment (short period of time)
- 3
masculinea while
Ça fait un moment que je l'attends
- 4
masculinemoment, momentum
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Point dans le temps. 2. Une certaine durée, qui n’est pas considérée comme très longue, mais malgré tout plus longue qu’un instant. 3. Produit d’une force par le bras du levier, suivant lequel elle agit. 4. Espérance mathématique, si elle existe, de la variable aléatoire Xʳ, où r est un entier naturel, X étant une variable aléatoire.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of moment
- moments plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce moment?
- /mɔ.mɑ̃/
- \mɔ.mɑ̃\
- [mɔ.mɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to moment
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is moment in French?
moment appears 457 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).