transitional

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Etymology

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Middle French transitionbor.

English transition

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālisbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English transitional

From transition + -al.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /tɹænˈzɪʃənəl/

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Adjective

transitional (not comparable)

1. of, or relating to a transition

   transitional justice

   • 1951 April, D. S. Barrie, “British Railways: A Survey, 1948-1950”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 223:

     These tasks may be summarised as comprising the maintenance and improvement of railway services and facilities during a transitional period; the reorganising of systems of management and technical practices, so as to secure maximum efficiency and economy from the fusion of four major railway systems (using for these purposes all the resources and traditional skill of the former companies); and the building-up of a sense of common purpose and esprit de corps among a staff of more than 600,000 men and women.

2. temporary; pending the implementation of something new

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Synonyms

• (temporary): provisional, provisory

Derived terms

• transitional deacon
• transitional epithelium
• transitionality
• transitional jacket
• transitional justice
• transitionally
• transitional object
• transitional planet
• transitional provision

Related terms

• transient
• transit
• transition
• transitive
• transitory

Translations

of or relating to a transition

• Bulgarian: преходен (bg) (prehoden)
• Catalan: transitori
• Czech: přechodný (cs)
• Dutch: overgangs-, transitorisch (nl)
• French: transitoire (fr)
• German: Übergangs-
• Hindi: माध्यमिक (hi) (mādhyamik)
• Romanian: tranzițional (ro) m or n
• Russian: перехо́дный (ru) m (perexódnyj)

temporary; pending the implementation of something new

• Bulgarian: промеждутъчен (bg) (promeždutǎčen)
• Catalan: transitori
• Dutch: provisorisch (nl), provisoir (nl), tijdelijk (nl), voorlopig (nl)
• French: provisoire (fr), temporaire (fr)
• German: vorläufig (de), übergangsweise (de)
• Russian: перехо́дный (ru) m (perexódnyj), первонача́льный (ru) m (pervonačálʹnyj)