"momentary" meaning in English

See momentary in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈmoʊmənˌtɛɹi/ [General-American], /ˈməʊmənt(ə)ɹi/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-momentary.wav Forms: more momentary [comparative], most momentary [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English momentare, from Late Latin mōmentārius (“of brief duration”), from mōmentum (“a short time, an instant”). By surface analysis, moment + -ary. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|momentare}} Middle English momentare, {{der|en|LL.|mōmentārius|t=of brief duration}} Late Latin mōmentārius (“of brief duration”), {{surf|en|moment|-ary}} By surface analysis, moment + -ary Head templates: {{en-adj}} momentary (comparative more momentary, superlative most momentary)
  1. Lasting for only a moment. Translations (lasting for only a moment): վայրկենական (vayrkenakan) (Armenian), րոպեական (ropeakan) (Armenian), моментен (momenten) (Bulgarian), мигновен (mignoven) (Bulgarian), 瞬间 (shùnjiān) (Chinese Mandarin), chvilkový (Czech), momenta (Esperanto), hetkellinen (Finnish), momentané (French), vorübergehend (German), क्षणभंगुर (kṣaṇbhaṅgur) (Hindi), pillanatnyi (Hungarian), momentaneo (Italian), mōmentāneus (Latin), māngina (Maori), mōngina (Maori), rangitahi (Maori), chwilowy (Polish), momentâneo (Portuguese), momentan (Romanian), momental (Romanian), temporar (Romanian), момента́льный (momentálʹnyj) (Russian), мину́тный (minútnyj) (Russian), мгнове́нный (mgnovénnyj) (Russian), сиюмину́тный (sijuminútnyj) (Russian), sealach (Scottish Gaelic), časovit (Serbo-Croatian), momentáneo (Spanish), ögonblicklig (Swedish), momentan (Swedish), لمحاتی (lamhātī) (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-momentary-en-adj-EoymJV~6 Disambiguation of 'lasting for only a moment': 94 4 2
  2. Happening at every moment; perpetual. Categories (topical): Time
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  3. Ephemeral or relatively short-lived. Categories (topical): Time Translations (ephemeral or relatively short-lived): վաղանցիկ (vaġancʻik) (Armenian), краткотраен (kratkotraen) (Bulgarian), momenta (Esperanto), hetkellinen (Finnish), lyhytaikainen (Finnish), vorübergehend (German), átmeneti (Hungarian), tünékeny (Hungarian), röpke (Hungarian), rangitahi (Maori), momentan (Romanian), efemer (Romanian), преходя́щий (prexodjáščij) (Russian), кратковре́менный (kratkovrémennyj) (Russian), сиюмину́тный (sijuminútnyj) (Russian), sealach (Scottish Gaelic), trenutan (Serbo-Croatian), flyktig (Swedish), kortlivad (Swedish), dagsländelik (Swedish), efemär (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-momentary-en-adj-aKaa3ZHk Disambiguation of Time: 0 45 55 Disambiguation of 'ephemeral or relatively short-lived': 2 2 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: momentarily, momentary god
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          "english": "Fanny Hill",
          "ref": "1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "Yet oh! what an immense difference did I feel between this impression of a pleasure merely animal, and struck out of the collision of the sexes by a passive bodily effect, from that sweet fury, that rage of active delight which crowns the enjoyments of a mutual love-passion, where two hearts, tenderly and truly united, club to exalt the joy, and give it a spirit and soul that bids defiance to that end which mere momentary desires generally terminate in, when they die of a surfeit of satisfaction!",
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          "text": "Tony's face expressed relief, and Nettie sat silent for a moment until the vicar said “It was a generous impulse, but it may have been a momentary one,[…].”",
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    "Terms with Czech translations",
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    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hindi translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
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          "english": "Fanny Hill",
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          "text": "Yet oh! what an immense difference did I feel between this impression of a pleasure merely animal, and struck out of the collision of the sexes by a passive bodily effect, from that sweet fury, that rage of active delight which crowns the enjoyments of a mutual love-passion, where two hearts, tenderly and truly united, club to exalt the joy, and give it a spirit and soul that bids defiance to that end which mere momentary desires generally terminate in, when they die of a surfeit of satisfaction!",
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          "text": "Tony's face expressed relief, and Nettie sat silent for a moment until the vicar said “It was a generous impulse, but it may have been a momentary one,[…].”",
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "vayrkenakan",
      "sense": "lasting for only a moment",
      "word": "վայրկենական"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ropeakan",
      "sense": "lasting for only a moment",
      "word": "րոպեական"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "momenten",
      "sense": "lasting for only a moment",
      "word": "моментен"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "sense": "lasting for only a moment",
      "word": "мигновен"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shùnjiān",
      "sense": "lasting for only a moment",
      "word": "瞬间"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "lasting for only a moment",
      "word": "chvilkový"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "lasting for only a moment",
      "word": "momenta"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "lasting for only a moment",
      "word": "hetkellinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "lasting for only a moment",
      "word": "momentané"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lasting for only a moment",
      "word": "vorübergehend"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kṣaṇbhaṅgur",
      "sense": "lasting for only a moment",
      "word": "क्षणभंगुर"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "lasting for only a moment",
      "word": "pillanatnyi"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "lasting for only a moment",
      "word": "momentaneo"
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    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "lasting for only a moment",
      "word": "mōmentāneus"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "lasting for only a moment",
      "word": "māngina"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "lasting for only a moment",
      "word": "mōngina"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "lasting for only a moment",
      "word": "rangitahi"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "lasting for only a moment",
      "word": "chwilowy"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "lasting for only a moment",
      "word": "momentâneo"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "lasting for only a moment",
      "word": "momentan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "lasting for only a moment",
      "word": "momental"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "lasting for only a moment",
      "word": "temporar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "momentálʹnyj",
      "sense": "lasting for only a moment",
      "word": "момента́льный"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "minútnyj",
      "sense": "lasting for only a moment",
      "word": "мину́тный"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mgnovénnyj",
      "sense": "lasting for only a moment",
      "word": "мгнове́нный"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sijuminútnyj",
      "sense": "lasting for only a moment",
      "word": "сиюмину́тный"
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "lasting for only a moment",
      "word": "sealach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "lasting for only a moment",
      "word": "časovit"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "lasting for only a moment",
      "word": "momentáneo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "lasting for only a moment",
      "word": "ögonblicklig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "lasting for only a moment",
      "word": "momentan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "lamhātī",
      "sense": "lasting for only a moment",
      "word": "لمحاتی"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "vaġancʻik",
      "sense": "ephemeral or relatively short-lived",
      "word": "վաղանցիկ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kratkotraen",
      "sense": "ephemeral or relatively short-lived",
      "word": "краткотраен"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "ephemeral or relatively short-lived",
      "word": "momenta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ephemeral or relatively short-lived",
      "word": "hetkellinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ephemeral or relatively short-lived",
      "word": "lyhytaikainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ephemeral or relatively short-lived",
      "word": "vorübergehend"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "ephemeral or relatively short-lived",
      "word": "átmeneti"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "ephemeral or relatively short-lived",
      "word": "tünékeny"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "ephemeral or relatively short-lived",
      "word": "röpke"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "ephemeral or relatively short-lived",
      "word": "rangitahi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "ephemeral or relatively short-lived",
      "word": "momentan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "ephemeral or relatively short-lived",
      "word": "efemer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prexodjáščij",
      "sense": "ephemeral or relatively short-lived",
      "word": "преходя́щий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kratkovrémennyj",
      "sense": "ephemeral or relatively short-lived",
      "word": "кратковре́менный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sijuminútnyj",
      "sense": "ephemeral or relatively short-lived",
      "word": "сиюмину́тный"
    },
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "ephemeral or relatively short-lived",
      "word": "sealach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "ephemeral or relatively short-lived",
      "word": "trenutan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ephemeral or relatively short-lived",
      "word": "flyktig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ephemeral or relatively short-lived",
      "word": "kortlivad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ephemeral or relatively short-lived",
      "word": "dagsländelik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ephemeral or relatively short-lived",
      "word": "efemär"
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}

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