interim

See also: intérim

English

Etymology

From Latin interim ‎(“meanwhile”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪntɜrəm/

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• Hyphenation: in‧ter‧im

Adjective

interim ‎(not comparable)

1. transitional

   Iraq's government is "interim".

2. temporary

   You are interim manager until he returns from hospital.

   • 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport^[1]:

     Drogba's goal early in the second half - his fourth in this Wembley showpiece - proved decisive as the remarkable turnaround in Chelsea's fortunes under interim manager Roberto di Matteo was rewarded with silverware.

Synonyms

• caretaker (UK)

Translations

transitional

• Catalan: interí (ca)
• Czech: přechodný (cs)
• Dutch: tussentijds (nl)

• German: übergangsweise (de), Übergangs-
• Polish: przejściowy (pl)
• Serbo-Croatian: prelazan (sh), prijelazan (sh), preliminaran (sh)

temporary

• Catalan: interí (ca)
• Czech: dočasný (cs), prozatímní
• German: zwischenzeitlich (de)

• Polish: tymczasowy (pl), tymczasowi m pl
• Serbo-Croatian: privremen (sh)
• Spanish: interino (es)

Noun

interim ‎(plural interims)

1. A transitional or temporary period between other events.

   His car is in the shop, but they gave him a rental to drive in the interim.

Synonyms

• between-time

Translations

a transitional or temporary period between other events

• French: intervalle (fr) m, intérim (fr) m
• German: Übergangszeit f, Zwischenzeit (de) f, Interim (de) n
• Italian: intervallo (it) m

• Polish: w międyczasie m, tymczasem (pl)
• Portuguese: intervalo (pt)
• Spanish: ínterin (es) m

Anagrams

• mintier
• termini

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Latin

Etymology

From inter + im, archaic adverb from the stem of the pronoun is ‎(“that, this”).

Adverb

interim (not comparable)

1. meanwhile, in the meantime

Descendants

• English: interim
• Italian: mentre
• Spanish: mientras

References

• interim in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• interim in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• INTERIM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• interim in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.