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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adverb 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Conjunction 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Interjection 1.6 Noun 1.7 Anagrams

[ English

Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
only	like	little	#77: now	then	A	should

[ Etymology

Old English nū.

[ Pronunciation

• IPA: /nɑʊ/, SAMPA: /naU/
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  Rhymes: -aʊ

[ Adverb

now (not comparable)

1. Indicates this very moment in time.

   What are you doing now?

2. A way of introducing a sentence, especially with a new topic.

   Now, I must admit that this has not been verified by any "official" archaeologists.

[ Derived terms

• now and then
• right now
• now, now

[ Translations

indicates this very moment in time

Albanian: tani sq(sq), tash sq(sq) Arabic: الآن (al-’ān, al-’āna), دلوقتي (dilwáqti) (colloquial) Armenian: հիմա (hima) Basque: orain Bosnian: sad bs(bs) Breton: bremañ Catalan: ara Chinese: 現在, 现在 (xiànzài) Cantonese: 而家 (yi4 ga1), 現在 (yin6 joi6) Croatian: sad hr(hr) Czech: teď cs(cs) Danish: nu da(da) Dutch: nu nl(nl) Esperanto: nun eo(eo) Finnish: nyt fi(fi) French: maintenant fr(fr) German: jetzt de(de), nun de(de) Greek: τώρα el(el) Guaraní: ko'ág̃a Hebrew: עכשיו (he) (akhsháv), כעת (he) (ka`ét), עתה (he) (attá) Hindi: अब (ab) Hungarian: most hu(hu) Icelandic: nú is(is), núna is(is) Indonesian: saat ini Interlingua: nunc

Italian: adesso it(it), ora it(it) Japanese: 現在 (げんざい, genzai) Korean: 지금 (jigeum) Kuna: emiskua Kurdish: ئێستا, له‌م کاته‌ Latin: nunc la(la) Navajo: k'ad Norwegian: nå no(no) Occitan: ara Old English: nū ang(ang) Polish: obecnie pl(pl), teraz pl(pl) Portuguese: agora pt(pt), já pt(pt) Romanian: acum ro(ro) Russian: сейчас (sejčás), теперь (tepér’) Scots: noo Serbian: Cyrillic: сад Roman: sad Slovene: zdaj sl(sl) Spanish: ahora es(es), ya es(es) Swedish: nu sv(sv) Thai: เดี๋ยวนี้ (dĭeow née) Tupinambá: ko'yr Urdu: اب (ab) Vietnamese: bây giờ vi(vi)

a way of introducing a sentence

Albanian: atëherë sq(sq) Armenian: այժմ (ayžm) Dutch: nou nl(nl), nu nl(nl) German: nun de(de) Hebrew: עכשיו (he) (akhsháv)

Icelandic: nú is(is), núna is(is) Italian: allora it(it) Portuguese: agora pt(pt) Russian: а сейчас ru(ru) (a sejčás) Spanish: entonces es(es)

• Dutch: nu
• Estonian: praegu
• Ido: nun
• Indonesian: sekarang
• Interlingua: ora
• Irish: anois
• Japanese: 今 (いま, ima)
• Spanish: ahorita (colloquial), bueno
• Telugu: ఇప్పుడు

[ Conjunction

now

1. since, because, in light of the fact.

   We can play football now the rain has stopped.

[ Translations

since, because

Greek: τώρα που el(el) (tóra pou)

Portuguese: agora que, já que

[ Interjection

now!

1. Indicates a signal to begin.

[ Noun

Singular now

Plural uncountable

now (uncountable)

1. The present time.

   Now is the right time.

   She is living in thee now.

[ Anagrams

• own
• won