moment, n.m., moment, instant; proper time; occasion, point, interval; (mec.) momentum. Attendez un —; stop a moment. Il a des —s de bonté; he has fits of kindness. Voici le — de se décider; now is the time for decision. Un —, j’ai à vous parler; one moment, I want to speak to you. Au — de; on the point of, just as. Au — où, au — que; the instant that, just as. Du — que; as soon as, since; the moment that. Du — que vous le voulez; since you will have it so. Je l’attends d’un — à l’autre; I expect him every moment. Dans le —; in a moment, in a minute. En ce —; at this moment. À tout —, à tous —s; every instant, at every turn. Par —s; at times, at intervals.
momentané, -e, adj., momentary.
momentanément, adv., momentarily, for the moment, temporarily, for the time being.
momerie (mô-mrî), n.f., mummery.
momie (mô-), n.f., mummy; dark thin person; old fogy.
momification, n.f., mummification.
momifier, v.a., to mummify. Se —; to become mummified; to get very thin.
mon, possessive adj. m., ma, f., mes, pl.m.f., my. Mon père, ma mère et mes enfants; my father, mother, and children. Mon âme; my soul. Mon unique ressource; my only resource. Mon bon et digne ami; my good and worthy friend. [Mon is used instead of ma (in the feminine) before a vowel or silent h.]
monacal, -e, adj., monachal, monkish.
monacalement (-kal-mān), adv., like a monk.