meantime

Etymology
From, equivalent to. Adverb is by ellipsis from.

Noun

 * 1) The time spent waiting for another event; time in between.

Synonyms

 * , ; see also Thesaurus:interim

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: intertempo
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἐν τούτοις
 * Italian:, ,
 * Latin: interea, interim
 * Polish:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:
 * Welsh: cyfamser

Adverb

 * 1) During the interval; meanwhile.

Usage notes
Usually appears sentence-initially.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Japanese: その間
 * Korean:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: en tanto, entre tanto ,