instant

Etymology 1
From, from , from , present active participle of , from. Compare 🇨🇬. More at,.

Noun

 * 1) A very short period of time; a moment.
 * 2) A single, usually precise, point in time.
 * 3) A beverage or food which has been pre-processed to reduce preparation time, especially instant coffee.
 * 1) A single, usually precise, point in time.
 * 2) A beverage or food which has been pre-processed to reduce preparation time, especially instant coffee.
 * 1) A beverage or food which has been pre-processed to reduce preparation time, especially instant coffee.
 * 1) A beverage or food which has been pre-processed to reduce preparation time, especially instant coffee.

Translations

 * Arabic: لَحْظَة
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: intre,
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: στιγμή
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Sardinian:
 * Gallurese Sardinian: stunda
 * Scottish Gaelic: priobadh, mòmaid
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Tocharian B: kṣāṃ, prentse
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese:, , , ,
 * Yiddish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: intre,
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: στιγμή
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: takna
 * Turkish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German: Instantessen
 * Japanese: ,
 * Polish:
 * Romanian:

Etymology 2
From and, both from , from , present participle of , from  + ; see state.

Adjective

 * 1)  Impending; imminent.
 * 2)  Urgent; pressing; acute.
 * 3)  Insistent; persistent.
 * 4) * January 2, 1827,, letter to Mrs. Carlyle, Scotsbrig
 * I am beginning to be very instant for some sort of occupation.
 * 1)  Present; current; extant.
 * 2) * December 28, 2019 Attorney Jeffery S. Levin, quoted in The Boston Globe, p. 3
 * He received just two disciplinary reports prior to committing the instant offense, one in March 2019 for activating an alarm during a non-emergency situation, and one in May 2019 for failing to provide a urine specimen.
 * 1) Occurring immediately; immediate; present.
 * 2) Lasting for a short moment; momentary; short-lived.
 * 3) Very quickly and easily prepared.
 * 4) Of the current month.
 * 1) Occurring immediately; immediate; present.
 * 2) Lasting for a short moment; momentary; short-lived.
 * 3) Very quickly and easily prepared.
 * 4) Of the current month.
 * 1) Lasting for a short moment; momentary; short-lived.
 * 2) Very quickly and easily prepared.
 * 3) Of the current month.
 * 1) Very quickly and easily prepared.
 * 2) Of the current month.
 * 1) Of the current month.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Japanese: 差し迫った, 切迫した
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Irish: práinneach
 * Japanese: 急ぎの, 火急の, 緊急の
 * Mandarin: 紧急的, 紧迫的
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Turkish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: onmiddelijk,
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: בִּן רֶגַע
 * Hungarian:, , egyszeriben/rögtön elérhető
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 即席の, その場で決めた, 瞬時の
 * Latin: punctum temporis
 * Mandarin: 立即的
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: grad
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew: בִּן רֶגַע
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:


 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: (of food) 即食
 * Mandarin:, 即食的
 * Czech: instantní
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: instant-, fertig-
 * Hebrew: בִּן רֶגַע
 * Hungarian:, , nesz-,
 * Indonesian:
 * Japanese: 即席の, インスタントの
 * Korean:
 * Lao:
 * Malay:
 * Mongolian:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: instantáneo
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:


 * Bulgarian:, този месец
 * Finnish: tämän kuun
 * German: dieses Monats, archaic:
 * Hungarian: folyó/f. hó/havi
 * Japanese: 今月の
 * Romanian: acestei luni

Adverb

 * 1)  At once; immediately.

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  very short period of time

Adjective

 * 1)  pressing, insistent

Noun

 * , minute, moment

Etymology
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Adjective

 * 1)  very quickly and easily prepared

Adjective

 * 1)   occurring immediately; immediate; present

Adverb

 * 1)  instantly