transitoire
French, adjective/tʁɑ̃.zi.twaʁ/
transitoire is spelled T-R-A-N-S-I-T-O-I-R-E (11 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written French, the 17,365th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Transitoire is a French adjective meaning “transitory” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est passager, qui ne doit pas durer”.
What does transitoire mean in English?
adjective
- 1
transitory
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est passager, qui ne doit pas durer. 2. Ce qui remplit l’intervalle d’un état de choses à un autre. 3. Se dit d'une entité moléculaire à courte durée de vie.
noun: 1. Variation de certains paramètres physiques intervenant entre deux régimes de fonctionnement stationnaires d’une installation.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of transitoire
- transitoires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce transitoire?
- /tʁɑ̃.zi.twaʁ/
- \tʁɑ̃.si.twaʁ\
- \tʁɑ̃.zi.twaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to transitoire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is transitoire in French?
transitoire appears 2.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).