transiency C2+ Topic:Law & Government US /ˈtrænziənsi/ UK /ˈtrænziənsi/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun the state of being brief or impermanent; transience The poem dwells on the transiency of youth and beauty. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the state of being brief or... transienceimpermanencetransitorinessephemeralitybrevityfleetingness ↔ Opposites permanencedurabilitypersistence Word family Related forms transienttransiencetransitory Etymology AI details From transient + -cy; 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 Law & Government Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # transiency **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈtrænziənsi/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈtrænziənsi/ ## Meanings 1. the state of being brief or impermanent; transience ## Examples - The poem dwells on the transiency of youth and beauty. ## Synonyms - transience - impermanence - transitoriness - ephemerality - brevity - fleetingness ## Antonyms - permanence - durability - persistence ## Related Forms - transient - transience - transitory ## Roots and Affixes - Root: trānsīre - Root: trāns - Root: īre ## Etymology From transient + -cy; transient is from Latin trānsiēns ('going across'), present participle of trānsīre ('to go across'), from trāns ('across') + īre ('to go'). ## AI Etymology Transiency comes from transient + -cy; transient is from Latin trānsiēns ('going across'), present participle of trānsīre ('to go across'), from trāns ('across') + īre ('to go'). The suffix is part of the word's derivational shape, marking the final grammatical or semantic role while the base supplies the central meaning. As a noun, it denotes "the state of being brief or impermanent; transience", keeping the historical idea close to its dictionary sense. Relevant historical forms include Latin trānsīre, Latin trāns, and Latin īre. Related words include transient, transience, transitory. ## Topics - Law & Government - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown