temporary

English

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Etymology

From Latin temporarius, from tempus (“time”)

Adjective

temporary (comparative more temporary, superlative most temporary)

1. For a limited time, ephemeral, not constant; transient

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:ephemeral

Translations

for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant

Arabic: مُؤقتًا (mu’á:qatan) Chinese: 暫時, 战时 (zhànshí) Croatian: prìvremen (hr) Czech: dočasný (cs) m. Danish: midlertidig (da) Dutch: tijdelijk (nl) Finnish: väliaikainen, ohimenevä, hetkellinen (1), määräaikainen (fi) French: temporaire (fr), provisoire (fr) m. and f. Galician: temporal (gl), transitorio (gl) German: zeitweilig (de), temporär (de), vorübergehend (de) Hungarian: ideiglenes (hu) Italian: temporaneo (it)

Japanese: 臨時の (りんじの, rinji no) Korean: 일시적인 (ilsijeokin) Latin: temporalis (la) m. and f., temporale (la) n., temporarius (la) m., temporaria (la) f., temporarium (la) n. Northern Sami: gaskaboddosaš Norwegian: midlertidig (no) Polish: tymczasowy (pl) m. Portuguese: temporário (pt) Russian: временный (ru) (vrémennyj) Scottish Gaelic: sealach (gd) Serbian: privremen (sr) Spanish: temporal (es) Swedish: tillfällig (sv), temporär (sv) Telugu: తాత్కాలికం (taatkaalikaM)

Noun

temporary (plural temporaries)

1. One serving for a limited time; short-term employee.

Synonyms

• temp

Translations

short-term employee

Danish: vikar (da) Finnish: määräaikainen työntekijä

French: intérimaire (fr) m. and f.