fugace

fleeting, fleetingly brief

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adjective Rare #39,962
fleeting, fleetingly brief
FR: C’était un moment fugace, mais inoubliable.
EN: It was a fleeting moment, but unforgettable.

Vous voyez, pour un bref moment fugace, j'avais oublié que j'étais riche.

You see, for one brief fleeting moment, I had forgotten that I was rich.

— Le Loup de Wall Street (2013)

La vie est fugace.

Life is fleeting.

Mon bonheur a été fugace.

My happiness was fleeting.

La jeunesse fugace?

Fleeting youth?

— Lust, Caution (2007)

Leur beauté est spectaculaire, mais fugace.

Their beauty is spectacular, but fleeting.

— Crazy Rich Asians (2018)