transient

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtɹan.zi.ənt/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɑːn.zi.ənt/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /-si.ənt/
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• US: /ˈtɹæn.ʃənt/
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• US: /ˈtɹæn.si.ənt/
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• US: /ˈtɹæn.zi.ənt/
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• CMU ARPABET: T R AE1 N ZH AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Late Latin transiēnt- (for classical transeunt-), stem of transiēns, present participle of trānsīre (“to go over, to pass”).

146 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مُؤَقَّت (muʔaqqat) — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• Arabic: سَريع الزوال — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• Arabic: اِبْنُ ساعَتِهِ (ibnu sāʕatihi) — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• Arabic: زَمَنِيّ (zamaniyy) — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• Bulgarian: преходен (prehoden) — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• Chinese Mandarin: 短暫的 /短暂的 (duǎnzàn de) — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• Danish: overgående — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• Dutch: vergankelijk — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• Dutch: eindig — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• Dutch: transitorisch — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• Finnish: ohimenevä — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• Finnish: katoava — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• Finnish: katoavainen — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• Finnish: häipyvä — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• French: passager — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• French: provisoire — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• French: transitoire — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• French: temporaire — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• Galician: transitorio — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• Georgian: წარმავალი (c̣armavali) — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• Georgian: გადამავალი (gadamavali) — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• Georgian: დროებითი (droebiti) — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• German: vergänglich — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• German: vorübergehend — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• German: temporär — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• German: instationär — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• German: Übergangs- — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• German: unbeständig — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• German: Ausgleichs- — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• German: abklingend — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• German: transient — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• Greek: παροδικός (parodikós) — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• Greek: πρόσκαιρος (próskairos) — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• Irish: díomuan — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• Irish: duthain — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• Italian: transitorio — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• Japanese: 儚い (hakanai) — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• Norwegian Bokmål: transitorisk — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• Norwegian Nynorsk: transitorisk — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• Occitan: transitòri — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• Portuguese: transitório — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• Romanian: trecător — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• Romanian: efemer — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• Romanian: tranzient — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• Romanian: tranzitoriu — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• Romanian: vremelnic — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• Russian: преходя́щий (prexodjáščij) — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• Russian: мимолётный (mimoljótnyj) — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• Russian: недолгове́чный (nedolgovéčnyj) — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• Russian: скороте́чный (skorotéčnyj) — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• Russian: кратковре́менный (kratkovrémennyj) — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• Russian: транзито́рный (tranzitórnyj) — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• Swedish: övergående — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• Swedish: förgänglig — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• Swedish: flyktig — passing or disappearing with time; transitory
• Bulgarian: краткотраен (kratkotraen) — remaining for only a brief time
• Bulgarian: мимолетен (mimoleten) — remaining for only a brief time
• Chinese Mandarin: 瞬間 /瞬间 (shùnjiān) — remaining for only a brief time
• Danish: midlertidig — remaining for only a brief time
• Dutch: kortstondig — remaining for only a brief time
• Finnish: lyhytaikainen — remaining for only a brief time
• Finnish: hetkellinen — remaining for only a brief time
• French: bref — remaining for only a brief time
• French: éphémère — remaining for only a brief time
• French: fugace — remaining for only a brief time
• Georgian: დროებითი (droebiti) — remaining for only a brief time
• Georgian: ხანმოკლე (xanmoḳle) — remaining for only a brief time
• Georgian: დრომოკლე (dromoḳle) — remaining for only a brief time
• Georgian: წუთიერი (c̣utieri) — remaining for only a brief time
• Georgian: წამიერი (c̣amieri) — remaining for only a brief time
• German: kurzzeitig — remaining for only a brief time
• German: flüchtig — remaining for only a brief time
• German: kurzlebig — remaining for only a brief time
• German: passager — remaining for only a brief time
• Greek: παροδικός (parodikós) — remaining for only a brief time
• Greek: εφήμερος (efímeros) — remaining for only a brief time
• Greek: φευγαλέος (fevgaléos) — remaining for only a brief time
• Indonesian: transien — remaining for only a brief time
• Irish: díomuan — remaining for only a brief time
• Irish: duthain — remaining for only a brief time
• Japanese: 瞬間的 (shunkanteki) — remaining for only a brief time
• Japanese: 一時的 (ichijiteki) — remaining for only a brief time
• Japanese: 一過性 (ikkasei) — remaining for only a brief time
• Māori: rangitahi — remaining for only a brief time
• Māori: tūao — remaining for only a brief time
• Occitan: fugidís — remaining for only a brief time
• Romanian: trecător — remaining for only a brief time
• Russian: вре́менный (vrémennyj) — remaining for only a brief time
• Swedish: kortvarig — remaining for only a brief time
• Swedish: flyktig — remaining for only a brief time
• Turkish: geçici — remaining for only a brief time
• Danish: flyktig — Decaying with time, especially exponentially
• German: kurzlebig — Decaying with time, especially exponentially
• German: flüchtig — Decaying with time, especially exponentially
• German: zerfallend — Decaying with time, especially exponentially
• Greek: εφήμερος (efímeros) — Decaying with time, especially exponentially
• Japanese: 過渡 (kato) — Decaying with time, especially exponentially
• German: instationär — physics: unsteady
• German: transient — mathematics: having positive probability of being left
• Hebrew: חולף (choléf) — mathematics: having positive probability of being left
• Danish: engangs- — occasional; isolated; one-off; individual
• German: gelegentlich — occasional; isolated; one-off; individual
• German: isoliert — occasional; isolated; one-off; individual
• German: einmalig — occasional; isolated; one-off; individual
• German: Augenblicks- — occasional; isolated; one-off; individual
• Russian: случа́йный (slučájnyj) — occasional; isolated; one-off; individual
• Russian: отде́льный (otdélʹnyj) — occasional; isolated; one-off; individual
• Bulgarian: преходен (prehoden) — passing through; passing from one person to another
• German: Durchgangs- — passing through; passing from one person to another
• German: durchlaufend — passing through; passing from one person to another
• German: Ausgleichs- — passing through; passing from one person to another
• German: mobil — passing through; passing from one person to another
• Japanese: 過渡 (kato) — passing through; passing from one person to another
• Greek: ενυπάρχων (enypárchon) — operating beyond itself; having an external effect
• Japanese: 精神の外部 — operating beyond itself; having an external effect
• Bulgarian: преход (prehod) — something transient
• Danish: overgang — something transient
• German: Übergang — something transient
• Japanese: 一時的なもの (ichijitekina mono) — something transient
• Bulgarian: транзиента (tranzienta) — physics
• German: Transiente — physics
• Italian: transiente — physics
• Japanese: 過渡現象 (kato genshō) — physics
• German: Einschwingungsvorgang — acoustics
• Bulgarian: приходящ гост (prihodjašt gost) — traveller
• Burmese: ပျံကျ (pyamkya.) — traveller
• Chinese Mandarin: 過客 /过客 (guòkè) — traveller
• Chinese Mandarin: 流動人口 /流动人口 (liúdòng rénkǒu) — traveller
• French: itinérant — traveller
• German: Reisende — traveller
• German: Reisender — traveller
• German: Durchreisende — traveller
• German: Durchreisender — traveller
• Greek: περιοδεύων (periodévon) — traveller
• Hungarian: átutazó — traveller
• Japanese: 渡り労働者 (watari rōdōsha) — traveller
• Spanish: trotamundo — traveller
• Spanish: transeúnte — traveller
• Finnish: koditon — homeless
• French: clochard — homeless
• French: clodo — homeless
• French: sans-abri — homeless
• French: SDF — homeless
• German: Obdachlose — homeless
• German: Obdachloser — homeless
• Japanese: ホームレス (hōmuresu) — homeless