How is the word contemporain translated from French to English

English translation
contemporary
adjective

Qui appartient à l'époque actuelle ; moderne.

Belonging to the present time; modern.

Examples with “contemporain”

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  • La galerie expose de l'art contemporain. — The gallery shows contemporary art.

  • Mozart était un contemporain de Haydn. — Mozart was a contemporary of Haydn.

  • L'intérieur du bâtiment paraît étonnamment contemporain. — The building looks surprisingly contemporary inside.

  • Ses contemporains ont d'abord rejeté la théorie. — His contemporaries dismissed the theory at first.

  • Lis-tu beaucoup de romans contemporains ? — Do you read much contemporary fiction?

  • Le peintre était-il un contemporain de ta grand-mère ? — Was the painter a contemporary of your grandmother?

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