makeshift

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

A temporary (usually insubstantial) substitution.

Adj

Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.

Concepts

de fortune

improvisé

expédient

provisoire

pis-aller

improvisée

maison

🏠

fait maison

moyen de fortune

faite maison

Synonymes

stopgap

improvised

temporary

ad hoc

provisional

temporary expedient

make-do

substitute

jury-rigged

home-made

casualness

interim

self-built

provisory

rough

sketchy

standby

carelessness

botch

thoughtlessness

DIY

temporary measure

temporary building

rough-and-readiness

darn

cursoriness

extemporaneous

for the time being

handy

Traductions

Notbehelf

Provisorium

provisional

provisorisch

behelfsmäßig

Notlösung

espediente

provvisorio

Behelf

improvisado

noodoplossing

ripiego

μπάλωμα

provisorisch

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈmeɪkˌʃɪft/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Deverbal from make shift. First appears c. 1554, in the publications of H. Hilarie.