different between ultimo vs current

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?l?t?m?, IPA^(key): /??lt?m??/

Etymology 1

First attested in 1582; from Latin ultim? (elliptically for ultim? di? or ultim? m?nse), masculine ablative singular form of ultimus (“last”); cognate with Dutch ultimo, the German ultimo, the Swedish ultimo, etc.

Adjective

ultimo (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) On the last day (of a specified month).

Alternative forms

• vltimo (obsolete)

Adverb

ultimo (not comparable)

1. Of last month.

Alternative forms

• Ultimo (obsolete)
• ult. (abbreviation)
• ulto (contraction)

References

• “? Ultimo, a. and adv.” listed on pages 12–13 of volume X, part I (Ti–U), § ii (U) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1926]
• “?ultimo, a. and adv.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]

Etymology 2

First attested in 1622; from either the Italian ultimo, or the Portuguese último, or the Spanish ultimo; compare ultime.

Noun

ultimo (plural not attested)

1. (obsolete, rare) = ultimum (clarification of this definition is needed)

References

• “† Ultimo, sb.” listed on page 12 of volume X, part I (Ti–U), § ii (U) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1926]
• “†ultimo, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ultimus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ul.ti.mo/
• Rhymes: -ultimo

Adjective

ultimo (feminine ultima, masculine plural ultimi, feminine plural ultime)

1. last

   Antonym: primo

2. recent, current
3. pertaining to last month

Noun

ultimo m (plural ultimi, feminine ultima)

1. last one

Verb

ultimo

1. first-person singular present indicative of ultimare

Related terms

Anagrams

• mutilo, mutilò, mutoli

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ul.ti.mo?/, [????t??mo?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ul.ti.mo/, [?ul?t?im?]

Adjective

ultim?

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of ultimus

Verb

ultim? (present infinitive ultim?re, perfect active ultim?v?, supine ultim?tum); first conjugation

1. to come to an end, be at the last

Conjugation

References

• ultimo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Anagrams

• mutilo

Portuguese

Verb

ultimo

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of ultimar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ul?timo/, [ul??t?i.mo]

Verb

ultimo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of ultimar.

English

Etymology

From Middle English curraunt, borrowed from Old French curant (French courant), present participle of courre (“to run”), from Latin currere, present active infinitive of curr? (“I run”) (present participle currens). Doublet of courant.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k???nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k???nt/, /?k???nt/
• (accents without the "Hurry-furry" merger)
• (accents with the "Hurry-furry" merger)

Noun

current (countable and uncountable, plural currents)

1. The generally unidirectional movement of a gas or fluid.
2. the part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction, especially (oceanography) short for ocean current.

   Synonyms: flow, stream

3. (electricity) the time rate of flow of electric charge.

   • Symbol: I (inclined upper case letter "I")
   • Units:

   SI: ampere (A)

   CGS: esu/second (esu/s)

   Synonym: electric current

4. a tendency or a course of events

   Synonyms: flow, stream, tendency

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Adjective

current (comparative currenter or more current, superlative currentest or most current)

1. existing or occurring at the moment

   Synonyms: present; see also Thesaurus:present

   Antonyms: future, past

2. generally accepted, used, practiced, or prevalent at the moment
   • 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures. Explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations

     That there was current money in Abraham's time is past doubt.

   Synonyms: fashionable, prevailing, prevalent, rife, up-to-date; see also Thesaurus:fashionable

   Antonyms: out-of-date, unfashionable; see also Thesaurus:unfashionable

3. (obsolete) running or moving rapidly

   • Lik to the corrant fyr that renneth
     Upon a corde

   • ?, Alfred Tennyson, Merlin and Vivien

     To chase a creature that was current then / In these wild woods, the hart with golden horns.

   Synonym: speeding

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Curtner

Latin

Verb

current

1. third-person plural future active indicative of curr?