"maintenant" meaning in French

See maintenant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /mɛ̃t.nɑ̃/, /mɛ̃.tə.nɑ̃/ Audio: Fr-maintenant.ogg
Etymology: Inherited from Old French maintenant. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|maintenant|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French maintenant, {{inh+|fr|fro|maintenant}} Inherited from Old French maintenant Head templates: {{fr-adv}} maintenant
  1. now, currently Synonyms: à cette heure, à présent, actuellement, aujourd'hui, en ce moment Derived forms: maintenant que
    Sense id: en-maintenant-fr-adv-r3nDAvzV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Time
Disambiguation of Time: 0 0

Verb

IPA: /mɛ̃t.nɑ̃/, /mɛ̃.tə.nɑ̃/ Audio: Fr-maintenant.ogg
Etymology: Inherited from Old French maintenant. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|maintenant|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French maintenant, {{inh+|fr|fro|maintenant}} Inherited from Old French maintenant Head templates: {{head|fr|present participle}} maintenant
  1. present participle of maintenir Tags: form-of, participle, present Form of: maintenir
    Sense id: en-maintenant-fr-verb-ek3xpVP3 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Time
Disambiguation of Time: 0 0

Alternative forms

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