different between temporary vs fugitive

English

Alternative forms

• tempory (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin temporarius, from tempus (“time”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t?mp????i/, /?t?mp??i/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t?mp?????i/
• Hyphenation: tem?po?rary

Adjective

temporary (comparative more temporary, superlative most temporary)

1. Not permanent; existing only for a period or periods of time.
2. Existing only for a short time or short times; transient, ephemeral.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:ephemeral

Translations

Noun

temporary (plural temporaries)

1. One serving for a limited time; short-term employee.

Synonyms

• temp

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English fugitive, fugityve, fugityf, fugitife, fugytif, fugitif, from Latin fugit?vus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fju?d???t?v/
• Hyphenation: fu?gi?tive

Noun

fugitive (plural fugitives)

1. A person who flees or escapes and travels secretly from place to place, and sometimes using disguises and aliases to conceal his/her identity, as to avoid law authorities in order to avoid an arrest or prosecution; or to avoid some other unwanted situation.

   • “I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, […] the speed-mad fugitives from the furies of ennui, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis, the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!”

Synonyms

• abscotchalater (archaic)
• nomad
• wanderer
• runaway

Translations

Adjective

fugitive (comparative more fugitive, superlative most fugitive)

1. Fleeing or running away; escaping.
2. Transient, fleeting or ephemeral.
3. Elusive or difficult to retain.

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fy.?i.tiv/
• Rhymes: -iv
• Homophone: fugitives

Noun

fugitive f (plural fugitives, masculine fugitif)

1. female equivalent of fugitif; a female fugitive

Further reading

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

Latin

Adjective

fugit?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of fugit?vus