ephemeral

Other forms of ephemeral

plural

ephemerals·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ephemeral

What does ephemeral mean?

ephemeral means "anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ephemeral?

ephemeral has 4 syllables: e-phem-e-ral. The stress falls on "phem". In IPA it is /ɪˈfɛmɚəl/.

What is another word for ephemeral?

Close synonyms include ephemeron, passing, short-lived, transient, transitory. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ephemeral a common word?

ephemeral is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.