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transitory

 
Dictionary: tran·si·to·ry   (trăn'sĭ-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē, trăn'zĭ-) pronunciation
adj.
Existing or lasting only a short time; short-lived or temporary: "the disorder of his life: the succession of cities, of transitory loves" (Carson McCullers).

[Middle English transitorie, from Old French transitoire, from Late Latin trānsitōrius, from Latin, having a passageway, from trānsitus, passage. See transit.]

transitorily tran'si·to'ri·ly adv.
transitoriness tran'si·to'ri·ness n.

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adj

Definition: temporary
Antonyms: lasting, permanent, perpetual


WordNet: transitory
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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: enduring a very short time
  Synonyms: ephemeral, passing, short-lived, transient, fugacious


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - forbigående, flygtig, kortvarig

Nederlands (Dutch)
vergankelijk

Français (French)
adj. - transitoire, passager

Deutsch (German)
adj. - vorübergehend, flüchtig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - παροδικός, πρόσκαιρος, εφήμερος, βραχύβιος

Italiano (Italian)
transitorio

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - transitório (m), efêmero (m), passageiro (m)

Русский (Russian)
временный, переходящий, мимолетный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - transitorio, pasajero

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - övergående, kortvarig, förgänglig, flyktig, obeständig

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
短暂的, 无常的, 瞬息的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 短暫的, 無常的, 瞬息的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 덧없는, 일시적인

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 一時的な, はかない

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) زائل, عابر, مؤقت‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮ארעי, רגעי, חולף, של מעבר‬


 
 
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