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English

Etymology

From Latin interim (“meanwhile”)

Pronunciation

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  IPA^(key): /ˈɪntəɹɪm/
  


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• Hyphenation: in‧ter‧im
  

Adjective

interim (not comparable)

1. 
   transitional
   

   Iraq's government is interim.

   
   


2. 
   temporary
   

   You are interim manager until he returns from hospital.

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

     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.

     
     
   
   

Synonyms

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  caretaker (UK)


• provisional

Translations

Noun

interim (plural interims)

1. A transitional or temporary period between other events.
   

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

   
   

Synonyms

• between-time

Translations

Anagrams

• 
  Termini, mintier, termini
  

Latin

Etymology

From inter + im, archaic adverb from the stem of the pronoun is (“that, this”).

Pronunciation

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  (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈin.te.rim/, [ˈɪn.tɛ.rĩ]
  

Adverb

interim (not comparable)

1. 
   meanwhile, in the meantime
   

Descendants

• Angevin: adementiers, ademintiers
  


• English: interim
  


• Italian: mentre (< dum interim)


• Old French: dementre, mentre, dementieres, adementiers (< dum interim)


• Old Portuguese: domentres, dementres, mentres (< dum interim)
  
  • Portuguese: mentes
    
  
  


• Spanish: mientras (< dum interim)

References

• 
  interim in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press


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  interim in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers


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  interim in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)


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  interim in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette