adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ɪn.tərˈmɪt.ənt.lɪ/
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1
adv
Meaning 1
Stopping or starting at intervals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adverb
Meaning 2
in an intermittent manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
intermittently we questioned the barometer
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English intermittent Middle English -ly English -ly English intermittently From intermittent + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Esperanto:
intermite
— stopping or starting at intervals
Catalan:
intermitentment
— Stopping or starting at intervals
Dutch:
met onderbrekingen
— Stopping or starting at intervals
Dutch:
met tussenpozen
— Stopping or starting at intervals
Dutch:
af en aan
— Stopping or starting at intervals
Finnish:
ajoittaisesti
— Stopping or starting at intervals
Finnish:
ajoittain
— Stopping or starting at intervals
Finnish:
aika ajoin
— Stopping or starting at intervals
Finnish:
katkonaisesti
— Stopping or starting at intervals
French:
intermittemment
— Stopping or starting at intervals
French:
par intermittence
— Stopping or starting at intervals
Galician:
intermitentemente
— Stopping or starting at intervals
Georgian:
დროგამოშვებით
(drogamošvebit)
— Stopping or starting at intervals
Georgian:
დროდადრო
(drodadro)
— Stopping or starting at intervals
Georgian:
შენაცვლებით
(šenacvlebit)
— Stopping or starting at intervals
Georgian:
წყვეტილად
(c̣q̇veṭilad)
— Stopping or starting at intervals
German:
absatzweise
— Stopping or starting at intervals
Icelandic:
með köflum
— Stopping or starting at intervals
Italian:
intermittentemente
— Stopping or starting at intervals
Northern Kurdish:
dem bi dem
— Stopping or starting at intervals
Northern Kurdish:
car bi car
— Stopping or starting at intervals
Polish:
sporadycznie
— Stopping or starting at intervals
Polish:
nieregularnie
— Stopping or starting at intervals
Portuguese:
intermitentemente
— Stopping or starting at intervals
Russian:
периоди́чески
(periodíčeski)
— Stopping or starting at intervals
Russian:
с перерывами
(s pereryvami)
— Stopping or starting at intervals
Russian:
вре́мя от вре́мени
(vrémja ot vrémeni)
— Stopping or starting at intervals
Russian:
толчками
(tolčkami)
— Stopping or starting at intervals
Russian:
скачками
(skačkami)
— Stopping or starting at intervals
Russian:
скачкообразно
(skačkoobrazno)
— Stopping or starting at intervals
Russian:
пульсируя
(pulʹsiruja)
— Stopping or starting at intervals
Spanish:
intermitentemente
— Stopping or starting at intervals