ephemeral

Etymology
From, from , the more common form of , from +.

Noun

 * 1) Something which lasts for a short period of time.

Adjective

 * 1) Lasting for a short period of time.
 * 2) * 1821-1822,, Remarks on the tendency of certain Clauses in a Bill now pending in Parliament to degrade Grammar Schools
 * Esteem, lasting esteem, the esteem of good men, like himself, will be his reward, when the gale of ephemeral popularity shall have gradually subsided.
 * 1)  Existing for only one day, as with some flowers, insects, and diseases.
 * 2)  Usually dry, but filling with water for brief periods during and after precipitation.
 * 3) * 1986, W.H. Raymond, "Clinoptilolite Deposit in the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota, U.S.A.", in Yūichi Murakami et al. (editors), New Developments in Zeolite Science and Technology (conference proceedings), Elsevier, ISBN 978-0-444-98981-9, page 80:
 * The graben constitutes a depositional basin and a topographic low, underlain by Cretaceous shales, in which volcanic debris accumulated in ephemeral lakes and streams in Oligocene and early Miocene time.
 * 1)  Existing for only one day, as with some flowers, insects, and diseases.
 * 2)  Usually dry, but filling with water for brief periods during and after precipitation.
 * 3) * 1986, W.H. Raymond, "Clinoptilolite Deposit in the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota, U.S.A.", in Yūichi Murakami et al. (editors), New Developments in Zeolite Science and Technology (conference proceedings), Elsevier, ISBN 978-0-444-98981-9, page 80:
 * The graben constitutes a depositional basin and a topographic low, underlain by Cretaceous shales, in which volcanic debris accumulated in ephemeral lakes and streams in Oligocene and early Miocene time.

Translations

 * Armenian: ,
 * Belarusian: эфемерны, мінучы, недаўгавечны, мімалётны
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 短暫, 一時
 * Mandarin: 短暫的, 一時的
 * Czech:, , efemerní
 * Danish:, kortlivet
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto: momenta
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Icelandic: skammvinnur, skammær, skammlífur, hverfull
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: breacshaolach, gearrshaolach
 * Italian:, , , ,
 * Japanese:, 束の間
 * Korean: 재지 않는
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Macedonian: кратко́траен
 * Maori: rangitahi
 * Norwegian: kortvarig
 * Occitan:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Brazilian:
 * European:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:, ,
 * Slovene: kratkotrajen, začasen
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, , ,
 * Turkish: efemera,
 * Ukrainian: ефемерний, швидкоплинний
 * Welsh:, undydd


 * Bulgarian: еднодневен
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 朝生暮死的, 昙花一现的
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, eendags
 * Finnish:, , päivän kestävä
 * German: Eintags-
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: tiszavirág-életű
 * Icelandic: dægurlangur
 * Macedonian: едно́дневен
 * Maori: rangitahi
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Ukrainian: одноденний
 * Welsh: undydd