Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ephemeron

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ephemeron
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Something short-lived or transitory.

noun

A type of weak reference in a garbage collected programming language that does not permit an object to be kept alive by its finalizer.

Example Sentences

"Ah!—so frail are we— So like the brief ephemeron that wheels Its momentary round, we scarce can weep Our own bereavements, ere we haste to share The clay with those we mourn."
"Beyond type safety, OCaml has several features that closely interact with the garbage collector. These include weak references, finalisers, ephemerons, and lazy values, whose semantics will have to be preserved with the new GC so as to not break programs that use those features."

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐφήμερον (ephḗmeron), neuter form of ἐφήμερος (ephḗmeros).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ἐφήμερον

Inflected Forms

ephemerons (plural) ephemera (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

ephemeral ephemeric

Synonyms

ephemeral

Questions

What does ephemeron mean?: Something short-lived or transitory.
Where does ephemeron come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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