Intermittent flashes of lightning illuminated the dark gloom of the forest.
Source: tatoeba (2015894)
Intermittent
//ˌɪntɚˈmɪtn̩t//
Synonyms for "intermittent" (124 found)
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Strong matches (37)
Related words (62)
nonuniformoccasionalon-again-off-againoscillatoryparentheticparentheticalpatchyperiodicperiodicalpulsatingpulsingramblingrandomreciprocalrecurrentrecurringrestlessrhythmicrhythmicalrotary
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Adjective(6 words)
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2 entriesTranslations
69 translations across 28 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- مَوْسِمِيّ adj (geology: being dry for part of the year)
- مُتَقَطِّع adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
Basque
2 entries- aldizkako adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
- noizean behingo adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
Bulgarian
2 entries- прекъснат adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
- пресеклив adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
Catalan
1 entries- intermitent adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 斷斷續續 /断断续续 adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
Czech
2 entries- přerušovaný adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
- sporadický adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
Danish
3 entries- afbrudt adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
- periodisk optrædende adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
- uregelmæssig adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
Dutch
3 entries- fluctuerend adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
- intermitterend adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
- wederkerend adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
Finnish
4 entries- ajoittain kuivuva adj (geology: being dry for part of the year)
- ajoittainen adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
- jaksoittainen adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
- kuurottainen adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
French
1 entries- intermittent adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
Galician
1 entries- intermitente adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
Georgian
4 entries- დროგამოშვებითი adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
- დროდადრო adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
- შენაცვლებითი adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
- წყვეტილი adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
German
3 entries- aussetzend adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
- intermittierend adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
- zeitweise adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
Greek
3 entries- διακεκομμένος adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
- διαλείπων adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
- σποραδικός adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
Hungarian
2 entries- elszórt adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
- szórványos adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
Irish
4 entries- anois is arís adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
- eadrannach adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
- uaineach adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
- ó am go ham adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
Italian
1 entries- intermittente adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
Japanese
1 entries- 時々途切れる adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
Māori
3 entries- kauteatea adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
- taratahi adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
- tāmutumutu adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
Polish
4 entries- nawracający adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
- nieciągły adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
- okresowy adj (geology: being dry for part of the year)
- przerywany adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
Portuguese
1 entries- intermitente adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
Russian
3 entries- нестабильный adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
- пересыха́ющий adj (geology: being dry for part of the year)
- преры́вистый adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- eadar-ùineach adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
Slovak
3 entries- občasný adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
- prerušovaný adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
- sporadický adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
Spanish
3 entries- discontinuo adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
- esporádico adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
- intermitente adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
Tagalog
1 entries- gatol adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
Thai
4 entries- มีเว้นระยะ adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
- เป็น ๆ หาย ๆ adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
- เป็นช่วง ๆ adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
- เป็นพัก ๆ adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
Ukrainian
2 entries- переривчастий adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
- періодичний adj (stopping and starting at intervals)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
Tom tried intermittent fasting, but died of complications soon after.
Source: tatoeba (5789128)
Tom tried intermittent fasting, but his job was too hectic to allow it.
Source: tatoeba (5791757)
Tom is doing intermittent fasting to lose weight.
Source: tatoeba (7434949)
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