There was a momentary pause.
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Momentary
//ˈmoʊmənˌtɛɹi//
Synonyms for "momentary" (88 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (44)
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Synonyms
1 entriesderived
7 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
9 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
53 translations across 22 languages.
Armenian
3 entries- վաղանցիկ adj (ephemeral or relatively short-lived)
- վայրկենական adj (lasting for only a moment)
- րոպեական adj (lasting for only a moment)
Bulgarian
3 entries- краткотраен adj (ephemeral or relatively short-lived)
- мигновен adj (lasting for only a moment)
- моментен adj (lasting for only a moment)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 瞬间 adj (lasting for only a moment)
Czech
1 entries- chvilkový adj (lasting for only a moment)
Esperanto
2 entries- momenta adj (lasting for only a moment)
- momenta adj (ephemeral or relatively short-lived)
Finnish
3 entries- hetkellinen adj (lasting for only a moment)
- hetkellinen adj (ephemeral or relatively short-lived)
- lyhytaikainen adj (ephemeral or relatively short-lived)
French
1 entries- momentané adj (lasting for only a moment)
German
2 entries- vorübergehend adj (lasting for only a moment)
- vorübergehend adj (ephemeral or relatively short-lived)
Hindi
1 entries- क्षणभंगुर adj (lasting for only a moment)
Hungarian
4 entries- pillanatnyi adj (lasting for only a moment)
- röpke adj (ephemeral or relatively short-lived)
- tünékeny adj (ephemeral or relatively short-lived)
- átmeneti adj (ephemeral or relatively short-lived)
Italian
1 entries- momentaneo adj (lasting for only a moment)
Latin
1 entries- mōmentāneus adj (lasting for only a moment)
Māori
4 entries- māngina adj (lasting for only a moment)
- mōngina adj (lasting for only a moment)
- rangitahi adj (lasting for only a moment)
- rangitahi adj (ephemeral or relatively short-lived)
Polish
1 entries- chwilowy adj (lasting for only a moment)
Portuguese
1 entries- momentâneo adj (lasting for only a moment)
Romanian
4 entries- efemer adj (ephemeral or relatively short-lived)
- momental adj (lasting for only a moment)
- momentan adj (lasting for only a moment)
- momentan adj (ephemeral or relatively short-lived)
Russian
4 entries- кратковре́менный adj (ephemeral or relatively short-lived)
- мгнове́нный adj (lasting for only a moment)
- мину́тный adj (lasting for only a moment)
- момента́льный adj (lasting for only a moment)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- sealach adj (lasting for only a moment)
- sealach adj (ephemeral or relatively short-lived)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- trenutan adj (ephemeral or relatively short-lived)
- časovit adj (lasting for only a moment)
Spanish
1 entries- momentáneo adj (lasting for only a moment)
Swedish
4 entries- dagsländelik adj (ephemeral or relatively short-lived)
- efemär adj (ephemeral or relatively short-lived)
- flyktig adj (ephemeral or relatively short-lived)
- kortlivad adj (ephemeral or relatively short-lived)
Urdu
1 entries- لمحاتی adj (lasting for only a moment)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
He gave a momentary glance to the passers by.
Source: tatoeba (301679)
There was a momentary pause in the talk.
Source: tatoeba (326519)
Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.
Source: tatoeba (389839)
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