momentary

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• General-American: /ˈmoʊmənˌtɛɹi/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈməʊmənt(ə)ɹi/
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• CMU ARPABET: M OW1 M AH0 N T EH2 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English momentare, from Late Latin mōmentārius (“of brief duration”), from mōmentum (“a short time, an instant”). By surface analysis, moment + -ary.

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: վայրկենական (vayrkenakan) — lasting for only a moment
• Armenian: րոպեական (ropeakan) — lasting for only a moment
• Bulgarian: моментен (momenten) — lasting for only a moment
• Bulgarian: мигновен (mignoven) — lasting for only a moment
• Chinese Mandarin: 瞬间 (shùnjiān) — lasting for only a moment
• Czech: chvilkový — lasting for only a moment
• Esperanto: momenta — lasting for only a moment
• Finnish: hetkellinen — lasting for only a moment
• French: momentané — lasting for only a moment
• German: vorübergehend — lasting for only a moment
• Hindi: क्षणभंगुर (kṣaṇbhaṅgur) — lasting for only a moment
• Hungarian: pillanatnyi — lasting for only a moment
• Italian: momentaneo — lasting for only a moment
• Latin: mōmentāneus — lasting for only a moment
• Māori: māngina — lasting for only a moment
• Māori: mōngina — lasting for only a moment
• Māori: rangitahi — lasting for only a moment
• Polish: chwilowy — lasting for only a moment
• Portuguese: momentâneo — lasting for only a moment
• Romanian: momentan — lasting for only a moment
• Romanian: momental — lasting for only a moment
• Romanian: temporar — lasting for only a moment
• Russian: момента́льный (momentálʹnyj) — lasting for only a moment
• Russian: мину́тный (minútnyj) — lasting for only a moment
• Russian: мгнове́нный (mgnovénnyj) — lasting for only a moment
• Russian: сиюмину́тный (sijuminútnyj) — lasting for only a moment
• Scottish Gaelic: sealach — lasting for only a moment
• Serbo-Croatian: časovit — lasting for only a moment
• Spanish: momentario — lasting for only a moment
• Swedish: ögonblicklig — lasting for only a moment
• Swedish: momentan — lasting for only a moment
• Urdu: لمحاتی (lamhātī) — lasting for only a moment
• Armenian: վաղանցիկ (vaġancʻik) — ephemeral or relatively short-lived
• Bulgarian: краткотраен (kratkotraen) — ephemeral or relatively short-lived
• Esperanto: momenta — ephemeral or relatively short-lived
• Finnish: hetkellinen — ephemeral or relatively short-lived
• Finnish: lyhytaikainen — ephemeral or relatively short-lived
• German: vorübergehend — ephemeral or relatively short-lived
• Hungarian: átmeneti — ephemeral or relatively short-lived
• Hungarian: tünékeny — ephemeral or relatively short-lived
• Hungarian: röpke — ephemeral or relatively short-lived
• Māori: rangitahi — ephemeral or relatively short-lived
• Romanian: momentan — ephemeral or relatively short-lived
• Romanian: efemer — ephemeral or relatively short-lived
• Russian: преходя́щий (prexodjáščij) — ephemeral or relatively short-lived
• Russian: кратковре́менный (kratkovrémennyj) — ephemeral or relatively short-lived
• Russian: сиюмину́тный (sijuminútnyj) — ephemeral or relatively short-lived
• Scottish Gaelic: sealach — ephemeral or relatively short-lived
• Serbo-Croatian: trenutan — ephemeral or relatively short-lived
• Swedish: flyktig — ephemeral or relatively short-lived
• Swedish: kortlivad — ephemeral or relatively short-lived
• Swedish: dagsländelik — ephemeral or relatively short-lived
• Swedish: efemär — ephemeral or relatively short-lived