intermittent

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• UK: /ˌɪntəˈmɪtn̩t/
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• US: /ˌɪntɚˈmɪtn̩t/
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 N T ER0 M IH1 T AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle French intermittent, from Latin intermittens (“sending between”), from prefix inter- (“among, on”) + mittens (“sending”), from mittere (“to send”).

69 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مُتَقَطِّع (mutaqaṭṭiʕ) — stopping and starting at intervals
• Basque: aldizkako — stopping and starting at intervals
• Basque: noizean behingo — stopping and starting at intervals
• Bulgarian: прекъснат (prekǎsnat) — stopping and starting at intervals
• Bulgarian: пресеклив (presekliv) — stopping and starting at intervals
• Catalan: intermitent — stopping and starting at intervals
• Chinese Mandarin: 斷斷續續 /断断续续 (duànduànxùxù) — stopping and starting at intervals
• Czech: přerušovaný — stopping and starting at intervals
• Czech: sporadický — stopping and starting at intervals
• Danish: periodisk optrædende — stopping and starting at intervals
• Danish: uregelmæssig — stopping and starting at intervals
• Danish: afbrudt — stopping and starting at intervals
• Dutch: wederkerend — stopping and starting at intervals
• Dutch: intermitterend — stopping and starting at intervals
• Dutch: fluctuerend — stopping and starting at intervals
• Finnish: ajoittainen — stopping and starting at intervals
• Finnish: jaksoittainen — stopping and starting at intervals
• Finnish: kuurottainen — stopping and starting at intervals
• Finnish: sahaava — stopping and starting at intervals
• French: intermittent — stopping and starting at intervals
• Galician: intermitente — stopping and starting at intervals
• Georgian: დროგამოშვებითი (drogamošvebiti) — stopping and starting at intervals
• Georgian: დროდადრო (drodadro) — stopping and starting at intervals
• Georgian: შენაცვლებითი (šenacvlebiti) — stopping and starting at intervals
• Georgian: წყვეტილი (c̣q̇veṭili) — stopping and starting at intervals
• German: intermittierend — stopping and starting at intervals
• German: zeitweise — stopping and starting at intervals
• German: aussetzend — stopping and starting at intervals
• Greek: διαλείπων (dialeípon) — stopping and starting at intervals
• Greek: διακεκομμένος (diakekomménos) — stopping and starting at intervals
• Greek: σποραδικός (sporadikós) — stopping and starting at intervals
• Hungarian: szórványos — stopping and starting at intervals
• Hungarian: elszórt — stopping and starting at intervals
• Irish: uaineach — stopping and starting at intervals
• Irish: eadrannach — stopping and starting at intervals
• Irish: ó am go ham — stopping and starting at intervals
• Irish: anois is arís — stopping and starting at intervals
• Italian: intermittente — stopping and starting at intervals
• Japanese: 時々途切れる (tokidokitogireru) — stopping and starting at intervals
• Māori: tāmutumutu — stopping and starting at intervals
• Māori: taratahi — stopping and starting at intervals
• Māori: kauteatea — stopping and starting at intervals
• Polish: przerywany — stopping and starting at intervals
• Polish: nieciągły — stopping and starting at intervals
• Polish: nawracający — stopping and starting at intervals
• Polish: przestankowy — stopping and starting at intervals
• Portuguese: intermitente — stopping and starting at intervals
• Russian: преры́вистый (prerývistyj) — stopping and starting at intervals
• Russian: нестабильный (nestabilʹnyj) — stopping and starting at intervals
• Scottish Gaelic: eadar-ùineach — stopping and starting at intervals
• Slovak: prerušovaný — stopping and starting at intervals
• Slovak: sporadický — stopping and starting at intervals
• Slovak: občasný — stopping and starting at intervals
• Spanish: intermitente — stopping and starting at intervals
• Spanish: esporádico — stopping and starting at intervals
• Spanish: discontinuo — stopping and starting at intervals
• Tagalog: gatol — stopping and starting at intervals
• Thai: เป็น ๆ หาย ๆ — stopping and starting at intervals
• Thai: เป็นช่วง ๆ — stopping and starting at intervals
• Thai: เป็นพัก ๆ — stopping and starting at intervals
• Thai: เป็นระยะ — stopping and starting at intervals
• Thai: มีเว้นระยะ — stopping and starting at intervals
• Thai: เว้นระยะ — stopping and starting at intervals
• Ukrainian: переривчастий (pereryvčastyj) — stopping and starting at intervals
• Ukrainian: періодичний (periodyčnyj) — stopping and starting at intervals
• Arabic: مَوْسِمِيّ (mawsimiyy) — geology: being dry for part of the year
• Finnish: ajoittain kuivuva — geology: being dry for part of the year
• Polish: okresowy — geology: being dry for part of the year
• Russian: пересыха́ющий (peresyxájuščij) — geology: being dry for part of the year