intermittent

English

Etymology

From Latin intermittens (“sending between”), from prefix inter- (“among, between”), plus present participle mittens (“sending”), from mittere (“to send”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˌɪntɜː(ɹ)ˈmɪtn̩t/, SAMPA: /%Int3:(r)"mItn=t/
• (US) IPA: /ˌɪntɚˈmɪtn̩t/, SAMPA: /%Int@`"mItn=t/

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Adjective

intermittent (comparative more intermittent, superlative most intermittent)

1. Stopping and starting at intervals; coming after a particular time span; not steady or constant

   The day was cloudy with intermittent rain.

   Intermittent bugs are most difficult to reproduce.

Derived terms

• intermittently

Related terms

• inter
• inter-
• intermittence
• intermittency

Translations

stopping and starting at intervals

Catalan: intermitent (ca) Czech: přerušovaný (cs) Danish: periodisk optrædende (da), uregelmæssig (da), afbrudt (da) Dutch: met (nl) tussenpozen (nl), wederkerend (nl) Finnish: ajoittainen (fi), epäsäännöllinen (fi)

French: intermittent (fr) Mandarin: 間歇性 (cmn) Polish: sporadyczny (pl) Russian: прерывистый (ru) (prerývistyj) Spanish: intermitente (es)

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French

Adjective

intermittent m. (f. intermittente, m. plural intermittents, f. plural intermittentes)

1. Intermittent.

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Latin

Verb

intermittent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of intermittō