interim

See also: intérim and Interim

English

Etymology

From Latin interim (“meanwhile”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪntəɹɪm/

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• Hyphenation: in‧ter‧im

Adjective

interim (not comparable)

1. Transitional.

   Iraq's government is interim.

   • 1960 June, “Diesel locomotive operation on the Great Eastern Line”, in Trains Illustrated, page 374:

     In a period of transition from steam to diesel, many of the schemes are inevitably of an interim nature and only on full dieselisation will the final pattern be determined and full benefit derived.

2. Temporary.

   Synonyms: provisional, (UK) caretaker

   You are interim manager until he returns from hospital.

   • 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport‎:

     Drogba's goal early in the second half - his fourth in this Wembley showpiece - proved decisive as the remarkable turnaround in Chelsea's fortunes under interim manager Roberto di Matteo was rewarded with silverware.

Translations

transitional

Armenian: անցումային (hy) (ancʻumayin) Bulgarian: преходен (bg) (prehoden), промеждутъчен (bg) (promeždutǎčen) Catalan: interí (ca) Chinese: Cantonese: 過渡嘅 / 过渡嘅 (gwo3 dou6 ge3) Czech: přechodný (cs) Danish: midlertidig (da) Dutch: tussentijds (nl) Finnish: väliaikainen (fi) Georgian: გარდამავალი (gardamavali), შუალედური (šualeduri), ტრანზიციული (ṭranziciuli) German: übergangsweise (de), interimistisch (de) Indonesian: peralihan (id) Japanese: 過渡的な (ja) (katoteki na), 過渡期の (ja) (katoki no) Malay: peralihan Polish: przejściowy (pl) Russian: переходный (ru) m (perexodnyj) Serbo-Croatian: prelazan (sh), prijelazan (sh), preliminaran (sh) Spanish: interino (es), ad ínterim Ukrainian: проміжний m (promižnyj)

temporary

Armenian: ժամանակավոր (hy) (žamanakavor) Bulgarian: временен (bg) (vremenen) Catalan: interí (ca) Chinese: Cantonese: 臨時嘅 / 临时嘅 (lam4 si4 ge3) Czech: dočasný (cs), prozatímní (cs) Danish: midlertidig (da) Finnish: väliaikainen (fi) Georgian: დროებითი (droebiti) German: zwischenzeitlich (de) Indonesian: sementara (id) Japanese: 一時的な (ja) (ichijiteki na) Malay: sementara (ms) Old English: hwílendlic Polish: tymczasowy (pl) Russian: временный (ru) m (vremennyj) Serbo-Croatian: privremen (sh) Spanish: interino (es), ad ínterim Turkish: geçici (tr) Ukrainian: тимчасовий m (tymčasovyj)

Noun

interim (plural interims)

1. A transitional or temporary period between other events.

   Synonyms: between-time; see also Thesaurus:interim

   His car is in the shop, but they gave him a rental to drive in the interim.

Derived terms

• interim government
• Interimist
• interimistic
• interimly
• interim order
• in the interim
• noninterim
• winterim

Related terms

• ad interim

Translations

a transitional or temporary period between other events

Bulgarian: промеждутък (bg) m (promeždutǎk) Chinese: Cantonese: 過渡期 / 过渡期 (gwo3 dou6 kei4) Czech: mezidobí n Danish: mellemtid c French: intervalle (fr) m, intérim (fr) m Georgian: დროის შუალედი (drois šualedi), დროის მონაკვეთი (drois monaḳveti) German: Übergangszeit (de) f, Zwischenzeit (de) f, Interim (de) n Gujarati: વચગાળો (vacgāḷo) Indonesian: sementara (id) Italian: intervallo (it) m Japanese: 過渡期 (ja) (katoki) Polish: przejściówka (pl) f Portuguese: intervalo (pt), ínterim (pt) Spanish: ínterin (es) m, interín m (Latin America), ínterim m (proscribed) Ukrainian: проміжок m (promižok), тим часом (tym časom)

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