stopgap

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈstɒpɡæp/
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• General-American: /ˈstɑpˌɡæp/
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• CMU ARPABET: S T AA1 P G AE2 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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The noun is derived from stop (“to close or block (an opening)”) + gap, from the phrase to stop a gap. The adjective is from an attributive use of the noun, and the verb is derived from the noun.

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese: 準數 /准数 (chún-siàu) — filling a gap or pause
• Chinese Mandarin: 湊數 /凑数 (còushù) — filling a gap or pause
• Japanese: 姑息 (kosoku) — filling a gap or pause
• Russian: вре́менный (vrémennyj) — filling a gap or pause
• Dutch: stoplap — that which stops up or fills a gap or hole
• Polish: zapchajdziura — that which stops up or fills a gap or hole
• Bulgarian: временна мярка (vremenna mjarka) — short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained
• Catalan: tapaforats — short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained
• Chinese Mandarin: 權宜之計 /权宜之计 (quányízhījì) — short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained
• Czech: provizorium — short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained
• Dutch: lapmiddel — short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained
• Finnish: hätävara — short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained
• French: bouche-trou — short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained
• French: pis-aller — short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained
• French: rustine — short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained
• German: Lückenbüßer — short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained
• German: Lückenfüller — short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained
• German: Lochstopfer — short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained
• German: Notlösung — short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained
• Hungarian: sufnituning — short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained
• Ido: remediacho — short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained
• Italian: palliativo — short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained
• Japanese: 対症療法 — short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained
• Japanese: 對症療法 (taishō ryōhō) — short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained
• Latvian: tapa — short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained
• Polish: prowizorka — short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained
• Polish: zapchajdziura — short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained
• Spanish: paños calientes — short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained
• Spanish: paliativo — short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained
• Spanish: parche — short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained
• Spanish: remiendo — short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained
• Dutch: lapzalven — to use something as a short-term fix or temporary measure until a better alternative can be obtained