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Pronunciation / Transliteration: flüchtig
"Sie warf einen flüchtigen Blick auf die Uhr."
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Lasting for a very short time.
"He had a fleeting glimpse of the car before it sped around the corner."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
From Old English flēotan 'to float, swim, flit', related to flight. The adjective sense of 'passing swiftly' developed in the late Middle English period.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "fleeting" is said worldwide
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fugace
Transliteration: fugace
"Il a eu un sourire fugace."
flüchtig
Transliteration: flüchtig
"Sie warf einen flüchtigen Blick auf die Uhr."
fugace
Transliteration: fugace
"Ho avuto un fugace momento di dubbio."
fugaz
Transliteration: fugaz
"Fue un momento fugaz pero inolvidable."
passageiro
Transliteration: passageiro
"A felicidade pode ser passageira."
क्षणभंगुर
Transliteration: kshanbhangur
"जीवन के सुख क्षणभंगुर होते हैं।"
短暂的
Transliteration: duǎnzàn de
"这只是一次短暂的相遇。"
순간적인
Transliteration: sunganjeogin
"그것은 순간적인 쾌락에 불과했다."
束の間の
Transliteration: tsukanoma no
"私たちは束の間の休息を楽しんだ。"
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