Temporary

//ˈtɛmpəɹəɹi//

Synonyms for "temporary" (158 found)

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Closest matches (32)

Noun(1 words)
temp

Strong matches (47)

Noun(1 words)
floater
Adjective(2 words)
impermanentirregular
Adjective(1 words)
instant

Related words (79)

Noun(1 words)
temporary worker
Adjective(1 words)
working

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

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Synonyms

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derived

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related to

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similar

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Showing 16 of 24 words.

Translations

96 translations across 54 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • πρόσκαιρος adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)

Arabic

1 entries
  • مُؤَقَّت adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ժամանակավոր adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • müvəqqəti adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)
  • sürəksiz adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)
  • ötücü adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)
  • ötəri adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • тымчасо́вы adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)
  • часо́вы adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • вре́менен adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ယာယီ adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)

Catalan

3 entries
  • temporal adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)
  • temporani adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)
  • eventual noun (short-term employee)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 暫時 /暂时 adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)
  • 臨時工 /临时工 noun (short-term employee)
  • 臨時雇員 /临时雇员 noun (short-term employee)

Czech

1 entries
  • dočasný adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)

Danish

2 entries
  • midlertidig adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)
  • vikar noun (short-term employee)

Dutch

1 entries
  • tijdelijk adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • efemera adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)
  • iama adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)

Finnish

4 entries
  • hetkellinen adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)
  • määräaikainen adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)
  • ohimenevä adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)
  • väliaikainen adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)

French

3 entries
  • provisoire adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)
  • temporaire adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)
  • intérimaire noun (short-term employee)

Galician

2 entries
  • temporal adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)
  • transitorio adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)

Georgian

1 entries
  • დროებითი adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)

German

4 entries
  • temporär adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)
  • vorübergehend adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)
  • zeitweilig adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)
  • Zeitarbeitskraft noun (short-term employee)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐌻𐌰𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌱𐍃 adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)

Greek

1 entries
  • προσωρινός adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)

Hindi

1 entries
  • अस्थायी adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • ideiglenes adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)
  • átmeneti adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • مُوَقَّت adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)

Italian

1 entries
  • temporaneo adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 一時的な adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)
  • 暫くの adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)
  • 暫時の adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • уақытша adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)

Korean

1 entries
  • 일시적인 adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • күнүмдүк adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)
  • убактылуу adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)

Latin

2 entries
  • temporālis adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)
  • temporārius adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • привремен adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᠨᡝᡵᡤᡳᠨ adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)

Māori

2 entries
  • rangitahi adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)
  • taupua adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • gaskaboddosaš adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • midlertidig adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • mellombels adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)

Persian

1 entries
  • زمانهور adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)

Polish

2 entries
  • krótkotrwały adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)
  • tymczasowy krótkoczasowy adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • temporário adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)

Romanian

2 entries
  • temporar adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)
  • interimat noun (short-term employee)

Russian

4 entries
  • вре́менный adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)
  • вре́менная рабо́тница noun (short-term employee)
  • вре́менная сотру́дница noun (short-term employee)
  • вре́менный рабо́тник noun (short-term employee)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • sealach adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • privremen adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)
  • привремен adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • jurnataru noun (short-term employee)

Slovak

1 entries
  • dočasný adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)

Slovene

1 entries
  • začasen adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)

Spanish

4 entries
  • temporal adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)
  • temporario adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)
  • temporero adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)
  • temporáneo adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)

Swedish

2 entries
  • temporär adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)
  • tillfällig adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • pansamantala adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)

Telugu

1 entries
  • తాత్కాలికం adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)

Turkish

1 entries
  • geçici adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • пли́нний adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)
  • тимчасо́вий adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • مۇۋەققەت adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)
  • ۋاقىتلىق adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • lâm thời adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)
  • tạm thời adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)

Welsh

1 entries
  • dros dro adj (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I made a temporary repair to the broken door.

Source: tatoeba (22307)

You'll need a temporary bridge.

Source: tatoeba (25320)

It's a temporary condition.

Source: tatoeba (27742)

Recession is a temporary falling off of business activity during a period when such activity is generally increasing.

Source: tatoeba (29685)

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