provisional

See also: Provisional

English

Etymology

From Middle French provisionnal (compare French provisionnel).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɹəˈvɪʒənəl/

Adjective

provisional (not comparable)

Temporary, but with the intention of eventually becoming permanent or being replaced by a permanent equivalent.

Derived terms

Translations

temporary

Armenian: ժամանակավոր (hy) (žamanakavor)
Catalan: provisional (ca), provisori
Czech: provizorní (cs), prozatímní
Danish: provisorisk
French: provisoire (fr), temporaire (fr)
German: provisorisch (de), vorläufig (de)
Greek: προσωρινός (el) (prosorinós)
Italian: provvisionale (it), provvisorio (it)
Kumyk: заманлыкъ (zamanlıq)

Luxembourgish: provisoresch
Portuguese: provisório (pt)
Russian: вре́менный (ru) (vrémennyj), предварительный (ru) (predvaritelʹnyj)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: провизоран, прѝвремен

Roman: prȍvizōran (sh), prìvremen (sh)
Spanish: provisional (es), provisorio
Swedish: provisorisk (sv)

Noun

provisional (plural provisionals)

(philately) A postage stamp issued locally before an official issue is released.

Translations

provisional postage stamp

Danish: provisorie

Catalan

Etymology

From provisió +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /pɾo.vi.zi.oˈnal/

(Central) IPA^(key): /pɾu.bi.zi.uˈnal/

Adjective

provisional (masculine and feminine plural provisionals)

provisional
Synonym: provisori

Derived terms

provisionalitat
provisionalment

External links

“provisional” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Spanish

Etymology

From provisión +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɾobisjoˈnal/, [pɾoβisjoˈnal]

Adjective

provisional (plural provisionales)

provisional
Synonym: provisorio

Derived terms

External links

“provisional” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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