tâmplă

Romanian

Etymology 1

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.

Noun

tâmplă f (plural tâmple)

1. (anatomy) temple (of the head)

Declension

Declension of tâmplă

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) tâmplă	tâmpla	(niște) tâmple	tâmplele
genitive/dative	(unei) tâmple	tâmplei	(unor) tâmple	tâmplelor
vocative	tâmplă, tâmplo		tâmplelor

Etymology 2

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.

Noun

tâmplă f (plural tâmple)

1. iconostasis

Declension

Declension of tâmplă

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) tâmplă	tâmpla	(niște) tâmple	tâmplele
genitive/dative	(unei) tâmple	tâmplei	(unor) tâmple	tâmplelor
vocative	tâmplă, tâmplo		tâmplelor

Synonyms

• catapeteasmă, iconostas

Derived terms

• tâmplar

Related terms

• templu

See also

• întâmpla