English-French translations for makeshift

• de fortune
  Ils n'osent plus sortir de leurs campements de fortune. They do not dare to leave their makeshift encampments.
  Des dizaines de milliers de personnes ont dû se réfugier dans des gymnases ou des logements de fortune. Tens of thousands have been forced to shelter in gymnasiums or other makeshift accommodation.
  Si nous ne parvenons pas à améliorer la compétitivité de l’Union européenne, il n’y a pas lieu de recourir à des mesures de fortune. If we fail to make the European Union competitive, we should not resort to makeshift measures.
• sommairement

Definition of makeshift

• A temporary substitution
• Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted
• A rogue; a shifty person

Examples

• They used the ledge and a few branches for a makeshift shelter.

Related words

• makeshift bed
• makeshift solution
• Practice makes perfect
• Practice makes perfect.
• practice makes perfect
• absence makes the heart grow fonder
• all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
• early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise
• haste makes waste