Translation
meanwhile, in the meantime
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Word origin
Assembled inside Esperanto: the preposition inter ('between'), the root tempo ('time') and the adverbial ending -e. Latin interim and English meantime say the same thing with the same parts.
- Origin
- Esperanto
- Root
- inter + tempo + e
Examples
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He cooked. Meanwhile she read.
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In the meantime the rain stopped.
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We waited a long time, and meanwhile the sun disappeared.
This one really is what it looks like. plus - plus -e: between-time-ly. The noun exists too, for the gap itself.
and are not interchangeable. is a conjunction or preposition and needs something to attach to ( ). is a free adverb that points back at the sentence before it, which is exactly how English meanwhile behaves.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 18, lesson 4: intertempe, nervo, kaverno and 7 more words.