short-lived

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From short + lived (“having a life, lifed”), equivalent to short + life + -ed. Compare Middle English short-livi, sort-levi (“short-lived”).

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: кратък (kratǎk) — not existing for long
• Bulgarian: мимолетен (mimoleten) — not existing for long
• Catalan: efímer — not existing for long
• Chinese Mandarin: 短暫 /短暂 (duǎnzàn) — not existing for long
• Chinese Mandarin: 短命 (duǎnmìng) — not existing for long
• Finnish: lyhytikäinen — not existing for long
• Finnish: lyhytkestoinen — not existing for long
• German: kurzlebig — not existing for long
• Ancient Greek: ὀλιγόβιος (oligóbios) — not existing for long
• Ancient Greek: βραχύβιος (brakhúbios) — not existing for long
• Hungarian: rövid életű — not existing for long
• Irish: díomuan — not existing for long
• Irish: duthain — not existing for long
• Irish: gearrshaolach — not existing for long
• Japanese: 儚い (hakanai) — not existing for long
• Korean: 단명하는 (danmyeonghaneun) — not existing for long
• Macedonian: краткотраен (kratkotraen) — not existing for long
• Māori: rangitahi — not existing for long
• Norwegian Bokmål: kortlivet — not existing for long
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kortliva — not existing for long
• Polish: krótkotrwały — not existing for long
• Russian: кратковре́менный (kratkovrémennyj) — not existing for long
• Serbo-Croatian: krȁtkotrājan — not existing for long
• Spanish: efímero — not existing for long
• Spanish: de corta duración — not existing for long
• Swedish: kortlivad — not existing for long
• Swedish: kortvarig — not existing for long
• Welsh: oesfyr — not existing for long