contemporary

contemporain, actuel

Qui appartient au présent ou reprend les styles et les idées d’aujourd’hui.

En anglais simple : Belonging to the present time or using the styles and ideas of today.

• She collects contemporary art.
• The course explores contemporary political issues.
• His house combines old furniture with contemporary design.

Synonymes : modern, present-day, current

Contraires : old-fashioned

Expressions courantes : contemporary art, contemporary music, contemporary society

contemporain

Qui existe ou se produit à la même époque qu’une autre personne ou chose.

En anglais simple : Existing or happening at the same time as someone or something else.

• We studied contemporary accounts of the battle.
• The letters are contemporary with the events they describe.
• No contemporary records of her childhood survive.

Comment l'utiliser : contemporary with someone/something (These buildings are contemporary with the castle.)

Synonymes : contemporaneous

Expressions courantes : contemporary with something, contemporary accounts, contemporary sources

contemporain

Personne qui vit ou a vécu à la même époque qu’une autre.

En anglais simple : A person who lives or lived at the same time as another person.

• She was a contemporary of my grandfather.
• His contemporaries admired his work.
• The poet outlived most of her contemporaries.

Comment l'utiliser : a contemporary of someone (The painter was a contemporary of Mozart.)

Expressions courantes : a contemporary of, someone’s contemporary, younger contemporary