different between interim vs providential

English

Etymology

From Latin interim (“meanwhile”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nt???m/
• Hyphenation: in?ter?im

Adjective

interim (not comparable)

1. Transitional.
2. Temporary.

   Synonyms: provisional, (UK) caretaker

Translations

Noun

interim (plural interims)

1. A transitional or temporary period between other events.

   Synonyms: between-time; see also Thesaurus:interim

Translations

Anagrams

• Termini, mintier, termini

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?in.te.rim/, [??n?t??????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?in.te.rim/, [?in?t???im]

Adverb

interim (not comparable)

1. meanwhile, in the meantime

Descendants

• ? Angevin: adementiers, ademintiers
• Asturian: entrín, intre, demientres (dum interim), mientres (dum interim)
• ? Catalan: mentre (< dum interim)
• ? English: interim
• ? Galician: intre (semi-learned)
• ? German: Interim
• ? Italian: mentre (< dum interim)
• ? Old French: dementre, mentre, dementieres, adementiers (< dum interim)
• ? Old Portuguese: domentres, dementres, mentres (< dum interim)
  • Galician: mentres
  • Portuguese: mentes
• ? Spanish: mientras (< dum interim)

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, 1883–1887)
• interim in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

From Latin pr?videntia (“providence”) +? -al

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p??v??d?n?l?/

Adjective

providential (comparative more providential, superlative most providential)

1. Pertaining to divine providence. [from 17th c.]
   • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 88:

     The same belief underlay the providential view of history, in which the rise and fall of nations appeared as the expression of God's unsearchable purposes.

2. Fortunate, as if occurring through the intervention of Providence. [from 18th c.]

   Synonyms: heaven-sent, fortunate, lucky, serendipitous

Derived terms

• providentially

Related terms

• providence

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