different between temperamental vs volatile

English

Etymology

temperament +? -al

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?nt?l

Adjective

temperamental (comparative more temperamental, superlative most temperamental)

1. (not comparable) Of, related to, or caused by temperament.
2. Subject to changing and unpredictable emotional states; moody, capricious; sometimes used figuratively to describe user-unfriendly or unstable machines or software that are either complicated and/or have poorly written instructions and are subsequently difficult to operate.

Derived terms

• temperamentally

Translations

Spanish

Adjective

temperamental (plural temperamentales)

1. temperamental, moody

English

Etymology

From Middle French volatile, from Latin vol?tilis (“flying; swift; temporary; volatile”), from vol? (“I fly”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?v?l.?.tl?/, /?v?l.??ta?.?l/, [?v?.l?.???]
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?v?l.??ta?.(?)l/

Adjective

volatile (comparative more volatile, superlative most volatile)

2. (physics) Evaporating or vaporizing readily under normal conditions.
3. (of a substance, informal) Explosive.
4. (of a price etc) Variable or erratic.
5. (of a person) Quick to become angry or violent.

6. Fickle.
7. Temporary or ephemeral.
8. (of a situation) Potentially violent.
9. (computing, of a variable) Having its associated memory immediately updated with any changes in value.
10. (computing, of memory) Whose content is lost when the computer is powered down
11. (obsolete) Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:ephemeral

Derived terms

• volatility
• volatile memory

Translations

Noun

volatile (plural volatiles)

1. A chemical or compound that changes into a gas easily.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?.la.til/

Adjective

volatile

1. feminine singular of volatil
2. Alternative spelling of volatil, as a masculine singular

Noun

volatile m (plural volatiles)

1. fowl, bird

Further reading

• “volatile” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

volatile

1. inflection of volatil:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Etymology

From Latin vol?tilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vo?la.ti.le/

Adjective

volatile (plural volatili)

1. (chemistry, physics) volatile
2. flying

   Synonym: volante

Noun

volatile m (plural volatili)

1. bird, fowl

   Synonym: uccello

Further reading

• volatile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u?o?la?.ti.le/, [u?????ä?t?????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vo?la.ti.le/, [v??l??t?il?]

Adjective

vol?tile

1. nominative neuter singular of vol?tilis
2. accusative neuter singular of vol?tilis
3. vocative neuter singular of vol?tilis

References

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