What part of speech is ephemeral?

Ephemeral can be categorized as a noun and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. ephemeral is a noun, singular of ephemerals.
  • 2. ephemeral is an adjective, not comparable.

Inflections

Noun

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • ephemeral 
    Not comparable
    Not comparable
  • Positive: ephemeral 
  • Comparative: Not comparable
  • Superlative: Not comparable

What does ephemeral mean?

Definitions

Adjective
ephemeral - lasting a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but it is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms"

Noun
ephemeral - Something which lasts for a short period of time.
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Examples of ephemeral

#   Sentence  
1. adj. The ephemeral joys of childhood.
2. adj. There are two worlds: one immediately perceptible to the senses, world of appearances, ephemeral shadow of a more concealed one, accessible only through the reason; this is the true and eternal world.
3. adj. Love's pleasure is ephemeral; regret eternal.
4. adj. Mayflies are ephemeral. As adults they live but a day. Sometimes it's a rainy day.
5. adj. What is eternal in nature when everything is so ephemeral?
6. adj. All dreams are ephemeral.
Sentence  
adj.
The ephemeral joys of childhood.
There are two worlds: one immediately perceptible to the senses, world of appearances, ephemeral shadow of a more concealed one, accessible only through the reason; this is the true and eternal world.
Love's pleasure is ephemeral; regret eternal.
Mayflies are ephemeral. As adults they live but a day. Sometimes it's a rainy day.
What is eternal in nature when everything is so ephemeral?
All dreams are ephemeral.
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