short-lived

Etymology
From, equivalent to. Compare 🇨🇬,.

Pronunciation

 * ; see usage notes below

Adjective

 * 1) Alive or existent for only a short period of time.
 * 2) Of a radioisotope (or by extension radioelement): having a short half-life.
 * 1) Of a radioisotope (or by extension radioelement): having a short half-life.
 * 1) Of a radioisotope (or by extension radioelement): having a short half-life.
 * 1) Of a radioisotope (or by extension radioelement): having a short half-life.

Usage notes

 * The pronunciation (the second syllable rhyming with ) is more consistent with the etymology (since the term comes from the noun  rather than the verb ), and was formerly more common; however, the pronunciation  (the second syllable pronounced as the verb ) is more common today.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:ephemeral

Antonyms

 * long-lived
 * long-lived

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ὀλιγόβιος, βραχύβιος
 * Hungarian: rövid életű
 * Irish: díomuan, duthain, gearrshaolach
 * Japanese:
 * Maori: rangitahi
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: kortlivet
 * Nynorsk: kortliva
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:, de corta duración
 * Swedish: ,
 * Welsh: oesfyr