intempérie

See also: intemperie and intempèrie

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin intemperiēs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.pe.ʁi/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

intempérie f (plural intempéries)

1. (usually in the plural) bad weather, foul weather

   braver les intempéries ― to brave bad weather

   • 1894, Crafty, À travers Paris, page 3:

     Nous voudrions . . . [éviter] ainsi à notre lecteur les cahotements de moyens de locomotion médiocres et les inconvénients des intempéries.

     We would like . . . [to spare] our reader the jolts of poor means of transport and the inconveniences of bad weather.

Further reading

• “intempérie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *temp-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *temh₁-der.?

Proto-Italic *tempos

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Ancient Greek καίρῐος (kaírĭos)sl.

Latin tempus

Latin *tempos, *tempes-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin temperō

Proto-Italic *-jēs

Latin -iēs

Latin temperiēs

Latin intemperiēsbor.

Portuguese intempérie

Borrowed from Latin intemperiēs.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tẽˈpɛ.ɾi.i/ [ĩ.tẽˈpɛ.ɾɪ.i], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.tẽˈpɛ.ɾji/, /ĩ.tẽˈpɛ.ɾi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tẽˈpɛ.ɾi.i/ [ĩ.tẽˈpɛ.ɾɪ.i], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.tẽˈpɛ.ɾji/, /ĩ.tẽˈpɛ.ɾi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tẽˈpɛ.ɾi.e/ [ĩ.tẽˈpɛ.ɾɪ.e], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.tẽˈpɛ.ɾje/, /ĩ.tẽˈpɛ.ɾe/

Noun

intempérie f (plural intempéries)

1. (usually in the plural) any destructive weather event

Derived terms

• intemperismo

Further reading

• “intempérie”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “intempérie”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026