interim

See also: intérim and Interim

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.

   • 1960 June, “Diesel locomotive operation on the Great Eastern Line”, in Trains Illustrated, page 374:

     In a period of transition from steam to diesel, many of the schemes are inevitably of an interim nature and only on full dieselisation will the final pattern be determined and full benefit derived.

2. Temporary.

   Synonyms: provisional, (UK) caretaker

   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.

Translations

transitional

• Armenian: անցումային (hy) (ancʿumayin)
• Bulgarian: преходен (bg) (prehoden), промеждутъчен (bg) (promeždutǎčen)
• Catalan: interí (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 過渡嘅 (gwo³ dou⁶ ge³)

• Czech: přechodný (cs)
• Danish: midlertidig (da)
• Dutch: tussentijds (nl)
• Finnish: väliaikainen (fi)
• Georgian: გარდამავალი (gardamavali), შუალედური (šualeduri), ტრანზიციული (ṭranziciuli)

• German: übergangsweise (de), interimistisch (de)
• Japanese: 過渡的な (ja) (katoteki na), 過渡期の (katoki no)
• Malay: peralihan
• Polish: przejściowy (pl)
• Russian: переходный (ru) m (perexodnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: prelazan (sh), prijelazan (sh), preliminaran (sh)

temporary

• Armenian: ժամանակավոր (hy) (žamanakavor)
• Bulgarian: временен (bg) (vremenen)
• Catalan: interí (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 臨時嘅 (lam⁴ si⁴ ge³)

• Czech: dočasný (cs), prozatímní
• Danish: midlertidig (da)
• Finnish: väliaikainen (fi)
• Georgian: დროებითი (droebiti)
• German: zwischenzeitlich (de)

• Japanese: 一時的な (ja) (ichijiteki na)
• Malay: sementara
• 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.

   Synonyms: between-time; see also Thesaurus:interim

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

Translations

a transitional or temporary period between other events

• Bulgarian: промеждутък (bg) m (promeždutǎk)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 過渡期 (gwo³ dou⁶ kei⁴)

• Danish: mellemtid c
• French: intervalle (fr) m, intérim (fr) m
• Georgian: დროის შუალედი (drois šualedi), დროის მონაკვეთი (drois monaḳveti)
• German: Übergangszeit (de) f, Zwischenzeit (de) f, Interim (de) n
• Gujarati: વચગાળો (vacgāḷo)
• Italian: intervallo (it) m

• Japanese: 過渡期 (katoki)
• Polish: przejściówka (pl) f
• 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/, [ˈɪn̪t̪ɛɾɪ̃ˑ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈin.te.rim/, [ˈin̪t̪ɛrim]

Adverb

interim (not comparable)

1. meanwhile, in the meantime

Descendants

• ⇒ Angevin: adementiers, ademintiers
• Asturian: entrín, intre, demientres (dum interim), mientres (dum interim)
• ⇒ Catalan: mentre (< dum interim)
• → English: interim
• → Galician: intre (semi-learned)
• → German: Interim
• ⇒ Italian: mentre (< dum interim)
• ⇒ Old French: dementre, mentre, dementieres, adementiers (< dum interim)
• ⇒ Old Portuguese: domentres, dementres, mentres (< dum interim)
  • Galician: mentres
  • 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
• interim in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• interim in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette