Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The quality of being transient, temporary, brief or fleeting.

    Vergänglichkeit

    the attribute of being brief or fleeting

  2. (countable, uncountable)An impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying.

    Vergänglichkeit

    an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying

Examples

2 sentences
  1. I never cease to be amazed at the transience of our mortal life.

    ruНе перестаю удивляться скоротечности нашей бренной жизни. — odexed

  2. Transience is as old as eternity.

    ruМимолётность так же стара, как вечность. — carlosalberto

    deVergänglichkeit ist so alt wie die Ewigkeit. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
quality of being transient, temporary, brief or fleeting:

Origin

From transient + -ence.

From transient + -ence.

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Forms

plural: transiences
Singulartransience
Pluraltransiences

regular

Synonyms

13 synonyms
quality of being transient:temporariness
Close in meaning

Antonyms

6 antonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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