How do you pronounce transient?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɹæn.ʃənt/.

transient

/ˈtɹæn.ʃənt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English

Syllables: tran-sient
IPA: /ˈtɹæn.ʃənt/

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Meaning

adj

Passing or disappearing with time; transitory.

adj

Remaining for only a brief time.

adj

Decaying with time, especially exponentially.

adj

unsteady, [[nonsteady|non-]-steady-state]].

adj

having a positive probability of being left and never being visited again.

adj

Occasional; isolated; one-off

adj

Passing through; passing from one person to another.

adj

Intermediate.

Example Sentences

"a transient pleasure"
"this transient world"
"Or doth she only seem to take ⁠The touch of change in calm or storm; ⁠But knows no more of transient form In her deep self, than some dead lake That holds the shadow of a lark ⁠Hung in the shadow of a heaven?"
"The Gospel narrative, in his view, contained no historical truth whatever but was merely the expression of a transient stage of self-consciousness, a fanciful projection of the latter's own vicissitudes into historical events."
"a transient view of a landscape"
"a transient disease"

Etymology

From Late Latin transiēnt- (for classical transeunt-), stem of transiēns, present participle of trānsīre (“to go over, to pass”).

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈtɹæn.ʃənt/
British English: /ˈtɹan.zi.ənt/

Inflected Forms

more transient (comparative) most transient (superlative) transients (plural)

Derived Forms

intransient nontransient transience transiency transiently transientness transitoriness transumer untransient

Phrases

rotating radio transient transient apical ballooning syndrome transient ischaemic attack transient ischemic attack transient luminous event astronomical transient fast blue optical transient fast-evolving luminous transient

Synonyms

passing transitory temporary brief ephemeral fleeting flighty fugacious itinerant migrant traveller homeless

Antonyms

permanent chronic inveterate recurrent immanent