English

Adjective

interim ‎(not comparable)

1. transitional

   Iraq's government is "interim".

2. temporary

   You are interim manager until he returns from hospital.

   • 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:

     Drogba's goal early in the second half - his fourth in this Wembley showpiece - proved decisive as the remarkable turnaround in Chelsea's fortunes under interim manager Roberto di Matteo was rewarded with silverware.

Synonyms

• caretaker (UK)

Translations

Noun

interim ‎(plural interims)

1. A transitional or temporary period between other events.

   His car is in the shop, but they gave him a rental to drive in the interim.

Synonyms

• between-time

Translations

Anagrams

• mintier
• termini

Latin

Etymology

From inter + im, archaic adverb from the stem of the pronoun is ‎(“that, this”).

Adverb

interim ‎(not comparable)

1. meanwhile, in the meantime

Descendants

• English: interim
• Italian: mentre
• Spanish: mientras

References

• interim in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• interim in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• INTERIM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “interim”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.