English Online Dictionary. What means interim? What does interim mean?
English
Etymology
From Latin interim (“meanwhile”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɪntəɹɪm/
- Hyphenation: in‧ter‧im
Adjective
interim (not comparable)
- Transitional.
- Temporary.
- Synonyms: provisional, (UK) caretaker
Translations
Noun
interim (plural interims)
- A transitional or temporary period between other events.
- Synonyms: between-time; see also Thesaurus:interim
Derived terms
Related terms
- ad interim
Translations
Anagrams
- Termini, mintier, termini
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin interim.
Pronunciation
Noun
interim n (plural interims, diminutive interimmetje n)
- interim (transitional period)
- Synonyms: tussentijd, tussenperiode, overbruggingstijd, overbruggingsperiode
- Tijdens het interim was er veel onduidelijkheid. ― There was much uncertainty during the interim.
Noun
interim m (plural interims, diminutive interimmetje n)
- Someone temporarily performing a given task (replacing someone else for whom a definite successor has not yet been found).
- Synonyms: interimaris, interimmer
- De interim heeft overal een potje van gemaakt. ― The temporary replacement has messed everything up.
Usage notes
- Often forms compounds which (with some exceptions: see derived terms and references) are properly formed with a hyphen; e.g. interim-manager, similar to meester-architect and aspirant-arts. Nonetheless these are very commonly written with a space instead of a hyphen (e.g. interim manager), though this spelling is generally proscribed.
Derived terms
Related terms
Adverb
interim
- temporarily, ad interim
- Synonym: tussentijds
- Hij werkte interim als barman. ― He worked temporarily as a bartender.
References
Latin
Etymology
From inter + im, archaic adverb from the stem of the pronoun is (“that, this”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɪn.tɛ.rĩː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈin̪.t̪e.rim]
Adverb
interim (not comparable)
- meanwhile, in the meantime, in the interim
- (post-Augustan) for a while
- (post-Augustan) sometimes
- Synonyms: interdum, nōnnumquam, aliquandō
Synonyms
- interea, dum
Derived terms
- dum interim
Descendants
- Asturian: entrín, intre
- Sardinian: interi, interis (adverbial -s)
- → English: interim
- → Galician: intre (semi-learned)
- → German: Interim
- → Spanish: interín
References
- “interim”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “interim”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "interim", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- interim in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.