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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Transitory \Tran"si*to*ry\, a. [L. transitorius: cf. F. transitoire. See Transient.] Continuing only for a short time; not enduring; fleeting; evanescent. [1913 Webster] Comfort and succor all those who, in this transitory life, are in trouble. --Bk. of Com. Prayer. [1913 Webster] It was not the transitory light of a comet, which shines and glows for a wile, and then . . . vanishes into nothing. --South. [1913 Webster] Transitory action (Law), an action which may be brought in any county, as actions for debt, and the like; -- opposed to local action. --Blackstone. Bouvier. [1913 Webster] Syn: transient; short-lived; brief. See Transient. [1913 Webster]From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Transitory \Tran"si*to*ry\, a. [L. transitorius: cf. F. transitoire. See Transient.] Continuing only for a short time; not enduring; fleeting; evanescent. Comfort and succor all those who, in this transitory life, are in trouble. --Bk. of Com. Prayer. It was not the transitory light of a comet, which shines and glows for a wile, and then . . . vanishes into nothing. --South. Transitory action (Law), an action which may be brought in any county, as actions for debt, and the like; -- opposed to local action. --Blackstone. Bouvier. Syn: transient; short-lived; brief. See Transient.From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
transitory adj : enduring a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but at is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms" [syn: ephemeral, passing, short-lived, transient, fugacious]From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
transitory a. 1 last#Verb only a short#Adjective time#Noun; temporary. 2 (lb en law) Of an action: that may be brought in any countyFrom English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
transitory a. 1 last#Verb only a short#Adjective time#Noun; temporary. 2 (lb en law) Of an action: that may be brought in any countyFrom English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
transitory a. 1 last#Verb only a short#Adjective time#Noun; temporary. 2 (lb en law) Of an action: that may be brought in any countyFrom English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
transitory a. 1 last#Verb only a short#Adjective time#Noun; temporary. 2 (lb en law) Of an action: that may be brought in any countyFrom Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
transitory Englanti a. ohimenevä, lyhytaikainenFrom English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Transitory /tɹˈansɪtəɹi/ عابرFrom English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
transitory //ˈtɹæn.sɪ.t(ə)ɹɪ// //ˈtɹæn.sɪˌtɔɹ.i// //ˈtɹæn.zɪ.t(ə)ɹɪ// //ˈtɹæn.zɪˌtɔɹ.i//From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]временен, краткотраен, мимолетен lasting only a short time
transitory /tɹˈansɪtəɹi/ pomíjivýFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
transitory /tɹˈansɪtəɹi/ vergänglich, vorübergehend, vorbeigehend, transitorisch, kurzwierigFrom English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ][Oberdt.]
transitory //ˈtɹæn.sɪ.t(ə)ɹɪ// //ˈtɹæn.sɪˌtɔɹ.i// //ˈtɹæn.zɪ.t(ə)ɹɪ// //ˈtɹæn.zɪˌtɔɹ.i//From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]lyhytaikainen, ohimenevä, väliaikainen lasting only a short time
transitory /tɹˈansɪtəɹi/From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]1. अनित्य "Happiness is transitory."
transitory /tɹˈansɪtəɹi/ kratkotrajan, kratkovječan, prelazni, prolazan, vremenskiFrom English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
transitory /tɹˈansɪtəɹi/ 1. átmeneti 2. ideiglenes 3. tünékeny 4. mulandóFrom English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]
transitory /ˈtrænzɪtərɪ/From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]przejściowy
transitory //ˈtɹæn.sɪ.t(ə)ɹɪ// //ˈtɹæn.sɪˌtɔɹ.i// //ˈtɹæn.zɪ.t(ə)ɹɪ// //ˈtɹæn.zɪˌtɔɹ.i//From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]flyktig, förgänglig, kortvarig lasting only a short time
transitory /tɹˈansɪtəɹi/ 1. geçici, süreksiz 2. fani, kalımsız. transitorily geçici olarak. transitoriness geçicilik 3. fanilik.From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) : [ bouvier ]/ˈtɹænzəˌtɔɹi/
TRANSITORY. That which lasts but a short time, as transitory facts that which may be laid in different places, as a transitory action.From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
97 Moby Thesaurus words for "transitory": able to adapt, adaptable, adjustable, alterable, alterative, brief, brittle, capricious, changeable, checkered, circumforaneous, corruptible, deciduous, discursive, divagatory, drifting, dying, ephemeral, errant, evanescent, ever-changing, fading, fickle, fleeting, flexible, flitting, floating, fluid, fly-by-night, flying, footloose, footloose and fancy-free, fragile, frail, fugacious, fugitive, gadding, gypsy-like, gypsyish, impermanent, impetuous, impulsive, inconstant, insubstantial, kaleidoscopic, landloping, malleable, many-sided, meandering, metamorphic, migrational, migratory, mobile, modifiable, momentary, mortal, movable, mutable, nomad, nomadic, nondurable, nonpermanent, nonuniform, passing, perishable, permutable, plastic, protean, proteiform, rambling, ranging, resilient, roaming, roving, rubbery, shifting, short-lived, short-term, straggling, straying, strolling, supple, temporal, temporary, traipsing, transient, transitive, transmigratory, transubstantiate, undurable, unenduring, unstable, vagabond, vagrant, variable, volatile, wanderingFrom Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
短暂的From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
a. 暂时的,短暂的,昙花一现的