Translation
nowadays, at present
Word origin
Built inside Esperanto from nun ('now') plus tempo ('time') with the adverb ending -e, literally 'at the now-time'. Nun goes back to German nun and Latin nunc, tempo to Latin tempus.
- Origin
- Esperanto compound
- Root
- nun + tempo + -e
- English cognates
- temporary
Examples
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Nowadays many people work at home.
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At present I have no time to read.
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The world is changing very quickly nowadays.
is the wide-angle "now": the present period, not the present second. answers "at this moment", answers "in this era", so compares whole decades while reports what is on your fork. The build is worth noticing, nun plus tempo plus the adverb -e, and it hands you nuntempa for "present-day" as an adjective into the bargain.
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