temps

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See also: tëmps

English

Noun

temps

  1. plural of temp

Verb

temps

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of temp

Anagrams


Catalan

Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:
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Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ca

Alternative forms

  • tems (medieval spelling variant)

Etymology

From Old Catalan temps, from Latin tempus, from Proto-Indo-European *tempos (stretch), from the root *temp- (to stretch, string). Doublet of tempo, a borrowing from Italian.

Pronunciation

Noun

temps m (invariable)

  1. time
  2. weather

Synonyms

Derived terms

References


French

Etymology

From Old French temps and its variants, from Latin tempus, from Proto-Indo-European *tempos (stretch), from the root *temp- (to stretch, string).

Pronunciation

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  • Homophones: tan, tans, tant, taon

Noun

temps m (plural temps)

  1. (uncountable) time (in general)
    je n’ai pas le temps de faire çaI haven't got (the) time to do that
    il faut encore du tempsI need more time
    Il est temps de commencer.it's time to commence
  2. (uncountable) weather
    le temps n’est pas bon icithe weather is no good here
    quel temps fait-il ?how's the weather?
  3. (countable, grammar) tense
    un temps composéa compound tense
    un temps simplea simple tense
    changez le temps du verbechange the tense of the verb

Usage notes

To talk about the current weather, it is standard in French to use the third-person singular pronoun il.

  • il fait beauit's nice weather
  • il fait mauvaisit's bad weather
  • il faisait froidit was cold
  • j’espère qu’il ne pleuvra pas demainI hope it won't rain tomorrow
  • il neigeit's snowing
  • il vente / ça soufflethe wind is blowing

Derived terms

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Further reading


Latvian

Noun

temps m (1st declension)

  1. speed
  2. pace
  3. rate
  4. time (music)

Declension

Verb

temps

  1. (deprecated template usage) 3rd person singular future indicative form of tempt
  2. (deprecated template usage) 3rd person plural future indicative form of tempt

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French temps, tens, tans, from Latin tempus.

Noun

temps m (plural temps)

  1. time

Derived terms

Descendants

  • French: temps

Norman

Etymology

From Old French temps, from Latin tempus, from Proto-Indo-European *tempos (stretch), from the root *temp- (to stretch, string).

Noun

temps m (plural temps)

  1. (Jersey) weather
  2. (Jersey) time
  3. (Jersey, grammar) tense

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin tempus.

Noun

temps oblique singularm (oblique plural temps, nominative singular temps, nominative plural temps)

  1. weather

Descendants


Old Occitan

Noun

temps m (oblique plural temps, nominative singular temps, nominative plural temps)

  1. Alternative form of tems

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) temp
  • (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) taimp
  • (Sutsilvan) tains

Etymology

From Latin tempus, from Proto-Indo-European *tempos (stretch), from the root *temp- (to stretch, string).

Noun

temps m

  1. (Sursilvan) time
  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader) ura
  • (Surmiran) oura