interim

See also: intérim

English

Etymology

From Latin interim (“meanwhile”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪntəɹɪm/

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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)
• Georgian: გარდამავალი (gardamavali), შუალედური (šualeduri), ტრანზიციული (ṭranziciuli)

• German: übergangsweise (de), interimistisch (de)
• Polish: przejściowy (pl)
• Russian: переходный (ru) m (perexodnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: prelazan (sh), prijelazan (sh), preliminaran (sh)

temporary

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

• Polish: tymczasowy (pl), tymczasowi m pl
• Russian: временный (ru) m (vremennyj)
• 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
• Georgian: დროის შუალედი (drois šualedi), დროის მონაკვეთი (drois monaḳveti)
• 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

• Termini, mintier, termini

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈin.te.rim/, [ˈɪn.tɛ.rĩ]

Adverb

interim (not comparable)

1. meanwhile, in the meantime

Descendants

• English: interim
• Italian: mentre (< dum interim)
• Old Portuguese: domentres, dementres, mentres (< dum interim)
  • Portuguese: mentes
• Spanish: mientras (< dum interim)

References

• interim in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• interim in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “interim”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “interim” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)