"temporary" in seven languages
Meaningtemporary
Spanish
temporal
/tempoˈɾal/
learned
From TEMPORĀLEM. As a noun, un temporal is a storm; provisional is a common synonym.
French
temporaire
/tɑ̃pɔʁɛʁ/
learned
From TEMPORĀRIUM, like English temporary.
Italian
temporaneo
/tempoˈraneo/
learned
From Late Latin TEMPORĀNEUM; provvisorio is a common synonym.
Portuguese
temporário
/tẽpoˈɾaɾiu/
learned
Romanian
temporar
/tempoˈrar/
learned
Catalan
temporal
/təmpuˈɾal/
learned
English
temporary
/ˈtɛmpəˌɹɛɹi/
from Latin/French · Latin temporārius
English → ItaliantemporarytemporaneoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
TEMPUS (gen. TEMPORIS)‘time’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Each sister picked a different Latin adjective built on TEMPUS: Spanish -ālis, French -ārius, Italian -āneus. Only French matches English temporary.
English relatives: temporal, contemporary, tempo
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In a sentence
- esTiene un trabajo temporal.
- frElle a un emploi temporaire.
- itHa un lavoro temporaneo.
- ptEla tem um emprego temporário.
- roAre un loc de muncă temporar.
- caTé una feina temporal.
- enShe has a temporary job.
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