temporary

English

Pronunciation

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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:

  Mandarin: 暫時 (zhànshí)

• 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), temporarius (la)
• Northern Sami: gaskaboddosaš
• Norwegian: midlertidig (no)
• Polish: tymczasowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: temporário (pt)
• Russian: временный (ru) (vrémennyj) 
• Scottish Gaelic: sealach (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: привремен (sh)

  Roman: privremen (sh)

• 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