provizorie

Provizorie is a term used mainly in Romanian to describe something intended to be temporary or provisional, rather than permanent. It functions as an adjective and is frequently employed in legal, administrative, and organizational contexts to designate measures, arrangements, or institutions that are intended to last only until a final solution is implemented. In Romanian, the masculine form is provizoriu and the feminine form provizorie, with standard agreement rules for number and gender. The feminine noun phrase provizorie can also appear as part of expressions such as o măsură provizorie (a provisional measure) or o clădire provizorie (a temporary building).

In governance and law, provizorie is common in phrases describing authority or structures that exist on a temporary basis, such as guvern provizoriu (provisional government) or comisie provizorie (provisional committee). The term can also apply to non-governmental contexts, including temporary arrangements, installations, or tests that are explicitly understood to be open-ended or contingent on future decisions.

Etymology and cognates: provizorie is part of a family of Romance-language terms expressing temporariness, with cognates found in French provisoire and Italian provvisorio. These forms share a common sense of interim status, which Romanian adapted into provizorie to describe temporary status or measures in various domains.

Usage notes: Provizorie conveys a formal sense of temporariness and is more likely to appear in official documents, news reporting, and administrative language than in everyday conversation. Its antonyms convey permanence, such as definitive or permanent terms, depending on context. The term helps distinguish between ongoing, permanent arrangements and those designated as temporary provisional steps.