tâmplă

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Etymology 1[edit]

From a Vulgar Latin root *templa, which is probably derived from a root *tempula, from Latin tempora, plural of tempus, or alternatively from the feminine of templum through confusion with tempus, meaning the temple of the head. Compare Italian tempia, Old French temple.

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tâmplă f (plural tâmple)

  1. (anatomy) temple (of the head)
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Latin templum, possibly through a Byzantine Greek intermediary τέμπλον (témplon). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *t(e)mp-lo-s, from *temp-. Doublet of templu. Compare Aromanian templu.

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tâmplă f (plural tâmple)

  1. iconostasis
    Synonyms: catapeteasmă, iconostas
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