transitory

(trăn'sĭ-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē, trăn'zĭ-)
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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adjective

Lasting or existing only for a short time: ephemeral, evanescent, fleet, fleeting, fugacious, fugitive, momentary, passing, short-lived, temporal, temporary, transient. See continue/stop/pause, time.

adj

Definition: temporary
Antonyms: lasting, permanent, perpetual

For a list of words related to transitory, see:

• Relative Time - transitory: (adj) temporary, fleeting

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See words rhyming with "transitory."

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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