temporary
Noun · AdjectiveUS[tem-per-er-ee]/ˈtɛmpɚˌɛri/4 syllables
Open English WordNet
Adjective (2)
- not permanent; not lasting“politics is an impermanent factor of life — James Thurber”“impermanent palm cottages”“a temporary arrangement”“temporary housing”Synonyms: impermanentSimilar ephemeral, acting, temporal, interim, improvised, working, pro tem, terminable +4 moreRelates to permanence, permanencySee also unstable
- lacking continuity or regularity“an irregular worker”“employed on a temporary basis”Synonyms: irregularOpposite full-timeSimilar part-time, part time
Noun (1)
- a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basisSynonyms: temptemporary workerType of workerKinds hobo, migrant worker
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Translations
Adjective for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
- Spanish
- temporal
- French
- temporaire
- German
- zeitweilig
- Italian
- temporaneo
- Portuguese
- temporário
- Turkish
- geçici
- Russian
- вре́менный vrémennyj
- Arabic
- مُؤَقَّت muʔaqqat
- Chinese
- 暂时 zànshí
- Dutch
- tijdelijk
21 more languages
- Polish
- krótkotrwały
- Swedish
- temporär
- Greek
- προσωρινός prosorinós
- Vietnamese
- tạm thời
- Hungarian
- ideiglenes
- Portuguese (PT)
- temporário
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 暫時 zànshí, zhànshí, zǎnshí
- Catalan
- temporal
- Czech
- dočasný
- Danish
- midlertidig
- Esperanto
- iama
- Finnish
- väliaikainen
- Georgian
- დროებითი droebiti
- Lithuanian
- laikinas
- Malagasy
- vonjimaika
- Norwegian
- midlertidig
- Romanian
- temporar
- Scottish Gaelic
- sealach
- Serbo-Croatian
- privremen
- Welsh
- dros dro
- Yiddish
- צײַטווײַליק cajtwajlik
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Tem′po·ra·ry adjective
Origin: L. temporarius, fr. tempus, temporis, time: cf. F. temporaire.
Lasting for a time only; existing or continuing for a limited time; not permanent; as, the patient has obtained temporary relief.
Temporary government of the city.— John Lothrop Motley
Temporary star. Astronomy See under Star.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54