English [ edit ]
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Etymology [ edit ] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Pronunciation [ edit ] Prepositional phrase [ edit ] in the nick of time
( idiomatic ) moment ; at the last minute.
Synonyms: eleventh hour under the wire just in time see also Thesaurus:just in time He finished writing his paper and slid it under the door just in the nick of time .
Derived terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] at the last possible moment
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: op het nippertje
Finnish: viime hetkessä
French: juste à temps (fr)
German: im letzten Augenblick
Greek: στο παρά πέντε (el) ( sto pará pénte )
Hungarian: az utolsó pillanatban
Icelandic: á síðustu stundu nógu snemma í tæka tíð
Ido: justa-tempe
Italian: all'ultimo momento all'ultimo minuto
Lithuanian: pačiu laiku
Norwegian:
Bokmål: i siste stund i ellevte time i siste øyeblikk i grevens tid (no)
Polish: w samą porę
Portuguese: no (pt) último (pt) instante (pt)
Romanian: la mustață
Russian: в после́дний моме́нт ( v poslédnij momént )
Serbo-Croatian: u zadnji čas u posljednji trenutak
Spanish: en el último momento
Sranan Tongo: ete wan ingiwiwiri
Swedish: i sista stund (sv) , i elfte timmen (sv) , i sista ögonblicket (sv) , i grevens tid (sv)
Turkish: son anda ( idiomatic ) yumurta kapıya dayanınca
