transience C2+ Topic:Time US /ˈtrænʃəns/ UK /ˈtrænziəns/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun the state of lasting only for a short time The poem mourns the transience of youth and beauty. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the state of lasting only... impermanencetransitorinessephemeralitybrevityevanescencefleetingness ↔ Opposites permanencedurabilitypersistenceperpetuity Word family Related forms transienttransiencytransitory Etymology AI details From transient + -ence; transient is from Latin trānsiēns ('going across'), present participle of trānsīre ('to go across'), from trāns ('across') + īre ('to go'). trānsīre Latin trāns Latin īre Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Time Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # transience **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈtrænʃəns/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈtrænziəns/ ## Meanings 1. the state of lasting only for a short time ## Examples - The poem mourns the transience of youth and beauty. ## Synonyms - impermanence - transitoriness - ephemerality - brevity - evanescence - fleetingness ## Antonyms - permanence - durability - persistence - perpetuity ## Related Forms - transient - transiency - transitory ## Roots and Affixes - Root: trānsīre - Root: trāns - Root: īre ## Etymology From transient + -ence; transient is from Latin trānsiēns ('going across'), present participle of trānsīre ('to go across'), from trāns ('across') + īre ('to go'). ## AI Etymology Transience is from transient + -ence; transient is from Latin trānsiēns ('going across'), present participle of trānsīre ('to go across'), from trāns ('across') + īre ('to go'). In present-day use, it means the state of lasting only for a short time. Related vocabulary includes transient, transiency, and transitory. ## Topics - Time - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown