transient

transitoire, passager

Qui ne dure que peu de temps avant de finir ou de disparaître.

En anglais simple : Lasting only a short time before ending or disappearing.

• The pain was transient.
• These transient feelings usually disappear after a few days.
• The medicine may cause a transient rise in temperature.

Synonymes : temporary, short-lived, fleeting

Contraires : permanent, lasting

Expressions courantes : transient effect, transient pleasure, transient symptoms, transient view

personne de passage, travailleur migrant

Personne qui reste ou travaille brièvement dans un endroit avant de partir ailleurs.

En anglais simple : A person who stays or works in a place for only a short time before moving on.

• He was a transient looking for work.
• The shelter offers beds to transients passing through town.
• Many of the farm workers were transients.

Synonymes : temporary resident, migrant worker

Expressions courantes : a passing transient, seasonal transient