transient en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈtɹæn.si.ənt/ (US)
- /ˈtɹɑːn.zi.ənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈtɹæn.zi.ənt/ (US)
- /-si.ənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈtɹæn.ʃənt/ (US)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈtɹan.zi.ənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Late Latin transiēnt- (for classical transeunt-), stem of transiēns, present participle of trānsīre (“to go over, to pass”).
Meanings
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Passing or disappearing with time; transitory.
a transient pleasure
this transient world
1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:The Gospel narrative, in his view, contained no historical truth whatever but was merely the expression of a transient stage of self-consciousness, a fanciful projection of the latter's own vicissitudes into historical events.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume I: The Founders, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: powstanie (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 89:Or doth she only seem to take The touch of change in calm or storm; But knows no more of transient form In her deep self, than some dead lake That holds the shadow of a lark Hung in the shadow of a heaven?
1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XVI”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 26:
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Remaining for only a brief time.
Traditionally, alumnae have more impact than students, whom the administration views as transient.
1980 August 9, Robin Bechhofer, Emmy Goldknopf, “Class Reunion”, in Gay Community News, page 13:a transient view of a landscape
a transient disease
Taking advantage of the surprise, which assured him at least transient attention, he continued, addressing himself particularly to Evelyn.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 27:
- Decaying with time, especially exponentially.
- unsteady, [[nonsteady|non-]-steady-state]].
- (of a state, qualifier:stochastic processes) having a positive probability of being left and never being visited again.
- Occasional; isolated; one-off
- Passing through; passing from one person to another.
- Intermediate.
- Operating beyond itself; having an external effect.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most transient | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more transient | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
permanent (antonym(s) of “brief”) · recurrent (antonym(s) of “mathematics”) · permanent (antonym(s) of “passing”) · chronic (antonym(s) of “brief”) · immanent (antonym(s) of “philosophy”) · inveterate (antonym(s) of “brief”)
Deriveds
intransient · nontransient · transient apical ballooning syndrome · rotating radio transient · transience · transient ischaemic attack · transiency · transiently · transient luminous event · transientness · transumer · transient ischemic attack · untransient · transitoriness
Synonyms
transitory (passing) · temporary (passing) · flighty (brief) · fugacious (brief) · fleeting (brief) · brief (brief) · ephemeral (brief) · passing (passing)
Translations (117)
ru недолгове́чный (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · da overgående (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · de Augenblicks- (occasional; isolated; one-off; individual) · ka ხანმოკლე (remaining for only a brief time) · de instationär (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · ja 瞬間的 (remaining for only a brief time) · cmn 短暫的 /短暂的 (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · fr temporaire (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · el παροδικός (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · ka დრომოკლე (remaining for only a brief time) · sv förgänglig (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · ja 一過性 (remaining for only a brief time) · fi lyhytaikainen (remaining for only a brief time) · ro efemer (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · ar مُؤَقَّت (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · el εφήμερος (Decaying with time, especially exponentially) · ru отде́льный (occasional; isolated; one-off; individual) · eo nedaŭra (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · ar اِبْنُ ساعَتِهِ (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · oc fugidís (remaining for only a brief time) · sv övergående (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · it transitorio (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · da midlertidig (remaining for only a brief time) · ro tranzitoriu (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · ka წუთიერი (remaining for only a brief time) · de vorübergehend (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · ka წარმავალი (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · de gelegentlich (occasional; isolated; one-off; individual) · sv flyktig (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · de durchlaufend (passing through; passing from one person to another) · de flüchtig (Decaying with time, especially exponentially) · ar سَريع الزوال (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · de transient (mathematics: having positive probability of being left) · nl kortstondig (remaining for only a brief time) · he חולף (mathematics: having positive probability of being left) · ga duthain (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · el παροδικός (remaining for only a brief time) · ru случа́йный (occasional; isolated; one-off; individual) · de vergänglich (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · ja 過渡 (Decaying with time, especially exponentially) · de Durchgangs- (passing through; passing from one person to another) · el εφήμερος (remaining for only a brief time) · ro tranzient (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · de abklingend (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · fr éphémère (remaining for only a brief time) · cmn 瞬間 /瞬间 (remaining for only a brief time) · mi rangitahi (remaining for only a brief time) · bg преходен (passing through; passing from one person to another) · ro trecător (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · de transient (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · fi katoavainen (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · ja 精神の外部 (operating beyond itself; having an external effect) · oc transitòri (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · ka დროებითი (remaining for only a brief time) · fr fugace (remaining for only a brief time) · id transien (remaining for only a brief time) · sv kortvarig (remaining for only a brief time) · ga díomuan (remaining for only a brief time) · de kurzlebig (Decaying with time, especially exponentially) · ak ɛnkyɛre (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · de instationär (physics: unsteady) · ru кратковре́менный (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · fi hetkellinen (remaining for only a brief time) · ro vremelnic (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · bg краткотраен (remaining for only a brief time) · nn transitorisk (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · fr transitoire (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · ga duthain (remaining for only a brief time) · gl transitorio (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · ja 過渡 (passing through; passing from one person to another) · de temporär (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · ru скороте́чный (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · sv flyktig (remaining for only a brief time) · ka წამიერი (remaining for only a brief time) · da engangs- (occasional; isolated; one-off; individual) · de mobil (passing through; passing from one person to another) · de unbeständig (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · fi katoava (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · de isoliert (occasional; isolated; one-off; individual) · ka გადამავალი (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · fr provisoire (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · ru вре́менный (remaining for only a brief time) · ga díomuan (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · ru преходя́щий (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · ru транзито́рный (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · de einmalig (occasional; isolated; one-off; individual) · fr passager (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · fi ohimenevä (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · de kurzlebig (remaining for only a brief time) · ar زَمَنِيّ (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · bg преходен (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · fi häipyvä (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · el πρόσκαιρος (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · el φευγαλέος (remaining for only a brief time) · pt transitório (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · de Ausgleichs- (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · de Ausgleichs- (passing through; passing from one person to another) · el ενυπάρχων (operating beyond itself; having an external effect) · de zerfallend (Decaying with time, especially exponentially) · nl transitorisch (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · bg мимолетен (remaining for only a brief time) · de flüchtig (remaining for only a brief time) · de passager (remaining for only a brief time) · de kurzzeitig (remaining for only a brief time) · ja 一時的 (remaining for only a brief time) · ka დროებითი (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · ja 儚い (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · mi tūao (remaining for only a brief time) · nl eindig (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · ru мимолётный (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · ro trecător (remaining for only a brief time) · nl vergankelijk (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · fr bref (remaining for only a brief time) · nb transitorisk (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · de Übergangs- (passing or disappearing with time; transitory) · tr geçici (remaining for only a brief time) · da flyktig (Decaying with time, especially exponentially)