"provisional" meaning in English

See provisional in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /pɹəˈvɪʒənəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-provisional.wav
Etymology: From provision + -al, or else from Middle French provisionnal (modern French provisionnel). Compare Latin prōvīsiōnālis. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|provision|al}} provision + -al, {{sup|1}} ¹, {{nb...}} […], {{nb...}} […], {{bor|en|frm|provisionnal}} Middle French provisionnal, {{cog|fr|provisionnel}} French provisionnel, {{cog|la|prōvīsiōnālis}} Latin prōvīsiōnālis Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} provisional (not comparable)
  1. Temporary, but with the intention of eventually becoming permanent or being replaced by a permanent equivalent. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: provisionary Derived forms: nonprovisional, provisional government, provisional job, provisional license, provisionality, provisionally, provisionalness Translations (temporary): مُؤَقَّت (muʔaqqat) [masculine] (Arabic), مَشْرُوط (mašrūṭ) [masculine] (Arabic), ժամանակավոր (žamanakavor) (Armenian), müvəqqəti (Azerbaijani), keçici (Azerbaijani), ötəri (Azerbaijani), sürəksiz (Azerbaijani), временен (vremenen) (Bulgarian), условен (usloven) (Bulgarian), provisional (Catalan), provisori (Catalan), 临时 (línshí) (Chinese Mandarin), provizorní (Czech), prozatímní (Czech), provisorisk (Danish), voorlopig (Dutch), provisorisch (Dutch), provisioneel (Dutch), provisoir (Dutch), provizora (Esperanto), provisoire (French), temporaire (French), provisorisch (German), vorläufig (German), προσωρινός (prosorinós) (Greek), ideiglenes (Hungarian), sealadach (Irish), provvisionale (Italian), provvisorio (Italian), 臨時 (rinji) (Japanese), заманлыкъ (zamanlıq) (Kumyk), provisoresch (Luxembourgish), привремен (privremen) [masculine] (Macedonian), времен (vremen) [masculine] (Macedonian), провизорен (provizoren) [masculine] (Macedonian), tymczasowy (Polish), prowizoryczny (Polish), przejściowy (Polish), provisório (Portuguese), provizoriu (Romanian), вре́менный (vrémennyj) (Russian), предварительный (predvaritelʹnyj) (Russian), провизоран [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), прѝвремен [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), prȍvizōran [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), prìvremen [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), provisional (Spanish), provisorio (Spanish), provisorisk (Swedish)
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Noun

IPA: /pɹəˈvɪʒənəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-provisional.wav Forms: provisionals [plural]
Etymology: From provision + -al, or else from Middle French provisionnal (modern French provisionnel). Compare Latin prōvīsiōnālis. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|provision|al}} provision + -al, {{sup|1}} ¹, {{nb...}} […], {{nb...}} […], {{bor|en|frm|provisionnal}} Middle French provisionnal, {{cog|fr|provisionnel}} French provisionnel, {{cog|la|prōvīsiōnālis}} Latin prōvīsiōnālis Head templates: {{en-noun}} provisional (plural provisionals)
  1. (philately) A postage stamp issued locally before an official issue is released. Synonyms: provisory Translations (provisional postage stamp): provisorie (Danish)
    Sense id: en-provisional-en-noun-DJaIzU4o Categories (other): Philately, Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 47 43 9 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, philately Disambiguation of 'provisional postage stamp': 99 1
  2. (dentistry) An interim denture.
    Sense id: en-provisional-en-noun-vd-lvrMb Categories (other): Dentistry Topics: dentistry, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: provisionalize

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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