Meaning

9 senses
  1. Passing or disappearing with time; transitory.

    a transient pleasure

    vergänglich, vorübergehend, temporär

    преходя́щийprexodjáščij, мимолётныйmimoljótnyj, недолгове́чныйnedolgovéčnyj

    lasting a very short time

  2. Remaining for only a brief time.

    a transient view of a landscape

    a transient disease

    kurzzeitig, flüchtig, kurzlebig

    вре́менныйvrémennyj

  3. Decaying with time, especially exponentially.

    kurzlebig, flüchtig, zerfallend

  4. Unsteady, nonsteady|non-]-steady-state.

    instationär

  5. Having a positive probability of being left and never being visited again.

    transient

  6. Occasional; isolated; one-off

    gelegentlich, isoliert, einmalig

    случа́йныйslučájnyj, отде́льныйotdélʹnyj

  7. Passing through; passing from one person to another.

    Durchgangs-, durchlaufend, Ausgleichs-

  8. Intermediate.

  9. Operating beyond itself; having an external effect.

Examples

9 sentences
  1. Love is transient.

    ruЛюбовь преходяща.

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  2. My mother's bad mood is transient.

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  3. Everything is transient and therefore sorrowful.

    deAlles ist vergänglich und deshalb leidvoll.

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  4. The life of a person is a transient thing.

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  5. Art is long, life short; judgment difficult, opportunity transient.

    deDie Kunst ist lang, das Leben kurz, das Urteil schwierig, die Gelegenheit flüchtig.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
passing or disappearing with time; transitory:
remaining for only a brief time:
occasional; isolated; one-off; individual:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
passing or disappearing with time; transitory:
remaining for only a brief time:
Decaying with time, especially exponentially:
occasional; isolated; one-off; individual:
passing through; passing from one person to another:

Origin

From Late Latin transiēnt- (for classical transeunt-), stem of transiēns, present particip

From Late Latin transiēnt- (for classical transeunt-), stem of transiēns, present participle of trānsīre (“to go over, to pass”).

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Forms

more transient, most transient
Comparativemore transient Lesson
Superlativemost transient Lesson

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

5 antonyms
passing:permanentB1
mathematics:recurrent
philosophy:immanent

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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