provisional

See also: Provisional

English

Etymology

From Middle French provisionnal (compare French provisionnel).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹəˈvɪʒənəl/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Adjective

provisional (not comparable)

1. Temporary, but with the intention of eventually becoming permanent or being replaced by a permanent equivalent.

   Marsden and Jones were named in the provisional squad for the European Championships, to be confirmed before the 30 June deadline.

   The provisional date for the wedding is April 2, but it is subject to confirmation at the church.

Synonyms

• provisionary

Derived terms

• nonprovisional
• provisional government
• provisional job
• provisional license
• provisional government
• provisionality
• provisionally
• provisionalness

Translations

temporary

Arabic: مُؤَقَّت m (muʔaqqat), مَشْرُوط m (mašrūṭ) Armenian: ժամանակավոր (hy) (žamanakavor) Azerbaijani: müvəqqəti (az), keçici, ötəri, sürəksiz Bulgarian: временен (bg) (vremenen), условен (bg) (usloven) Catalan: provisional (ca), provisori Chinese: Mandarin: 临时 (zh) (línshí) Czech: provizorní (cs), prozatímní (cs) Danish: provisorisk Dutch: voorlopig (nl), provisorisch (nl), provisioneel (nl), provisoir (nl) Esperanto: provizora (eo) French: provisoire (fr), temporaire (fr) German: provisorisch (de), vorläufig (de) Greek: προσωρινός (el) (prosorinós) Hungarian: ideiglenes (hu) Irish: sealadach Italian: provvisionale (it), provvisorio (it) Japanese: 臨時 (ja) (rinji) Kumyk: заманлыкъ (zamanlıq) Luxembourgish: provisoresch Polish: tymczasowy (pl) Portuguese: provisório (pt) Romanian: provizoriu (ro) Russian: вре́менный (ru) (vrémennyj), предварительный (ru) (predvaritelʹnyj) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: провизоран, прѝвремен Roman: prȍvizōran (sh), prìvremen (sh) Spanish: provisional (es), provisorio (es) Swedish: provisorisk (sv)

Noun

provisional (plural provisionals)

1. (philately) A postage stamp issued locally before an official issue is released.

   Synonym: provisory

2. (dentistry) An interim denture.
   • 2015, Stuart J. Froum, Dental Implant Complications, page 518:

     If this was not possible, then alternatives including provisionalizing with a complete denture or a tooth-supported fixed provisional and a staged treatment protocol should have been considered.

Translations

provisional postage stamp

Danish: provisorie

Anagrams

• pons Varolii

Catalan

Etymology

From provisió +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pɾu.βi.zi.uˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [pɾo.vi.zi.oˈnal]
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

provisional m or f (masculine and feminine plural provisionals)

1. provisional

   Synonym: provisori

Derived terms

• provisionalitat
• provisionalment

Further reading

• “provisional” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Spanish

Etymology

From provisión +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾobisjoˈnal/ [pɾo.β̞i.sjoˈnal]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: pro‧vi‧sio‧nal

Adjective

provisional m or f (masculine and feminine plural provisionales)

1. provisional

   Synonym: provisorio

2. makeshift

   Synonym: improvisado

Derived terms

• prisión provisional
• provisionalidad
• provisionalmente

Further reading

• “provisional”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10