The woman is the most perfect of creatures; she's a transitory creature between man and angel.
Source: tatoeba (1781211)
Transitory
//ˈtɹæn.zɪˌtɔɹ.i//
Synonyms for "transitory" (130 found)
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Closest matches (26)
Strong matches (39)
Related words (65)
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Translations
45 translations across 21 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- անցողական adj (lasting only a short time — see also transient)
Bulgarian
3 entries- временен adj (lasting only a short time — see also transient)
- краткотраен adj (lasting only a short time — see also transient)
- мимолетен adj (lasting only a short time — see also transient)
Catalan
1 entries- transitori adj (lasting only a short time — see also transient)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 暫時的 /暂时的 adj (lasting only a short time — see also transient)
- 短暫的 /短暂的 adj (lasting only a short time — see also transient)
Danish
3 entries- forbigående adj (lasting only a short time — see also transient)
- kortvarig adj (lasting only a short time — see also transient)
- midlertidig adj (lasting only a short time — see also transient)
Dutch
2 entries- transitorisch adj (lasting only a short time — see also transient)
- voorbijgaand adj (lasting only a short time — see also transient)
Finnish
3 entries- lyhytaikainen adj (lasting only a short time — see also transient)
- ohimenevä adj (lasting only a short time — see also transient)
- väliaikainen adj (lasting only a short time — see also transient)
French
3 entries- passager adj (lasting only a short time — see also transient)
- provisoire adj (lasting only a short time — see also transient)
- transitoire adj (lasting only a short time — see also transient)
Galician
2 entries- pasadío adj (lasting only a short time — see also transient)
- transitorio adj (lasting only a short time — see also transient)
German
3 entries- flüchtig adj (lasting only a short time — see also transient)
- vorbeigehend adj (lasting only a short time — see also transient)
- vorübergehend adj (lasting only a short time — see also transient)
Irish
3 entries- duthain adj (lasting only a short time — see also transient)
- díomuan adj (lasting only a short time — see also transient)
- gearrshaolach adj (lasting only a short time — see also transient)
Latin
1 entries- fugāx adj (lasting only a short time — see also transient)
Māori
1 entries- rangitahi adj (lasting only a short time — see also transient)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- forbigående adj (lasting only a short time — see also transient)
- midlertidig adj (lasting only a short time — see also transient)
- transitorisk adj (lasting only a short time — see also transient)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- transitorisk adj (lasting only a short time — see also transient)
Portuguese
1 entries- transitório adj (lasting only a short time — see also transient)
Romanian
1 entries- trecător adj (lasting only a short time — see also transient)
Russian
4 entries- вре́менный adj (lasting only a short time — see also transient)
- кратковременный adj (lasting only a short time — see also transient)
- мимолётный adj (lasting only a short time — see also transient)
- преходящий adj (lasting only a short time — see also transient)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- fuadain adj (lasting only a short time — see also transient)
Spanish
2 entries- pasajero adj (lasting only a short time — see also transient)
- transitorio adj (lasting only a short time — see also transient)
Swedish
3 entries- flyktig adj (lasting only a short time — see also transient)
- förgänglig adj (lasting only a short time — see also transient)
- kortvarig adj (lasting only a short time — see also transient)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Everything is transitory.
Source: tatoeba (2474818)
“Yes, I think I see it now,” he said after some time, brightening in a quite transitory manner.
Source: tatoeba (8268746)
Secondly, That the Materials being very tranſitory, have ſuffered much from Inclemencies of Air, eſpecially in theſe North-Weſt Regions.
Source: wiktionary
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