temp

See also: tëmp, temp., and Temp.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛmp/
• IPA^(key): /tɛmp/, [tʰɛmp]
• Rhymes: -ɛmp

Noun

temp

1. Abbreviation of temperature.
2. Abbreviation of tempore.

Adjective

temp

1. Abbreviation of temporary.

Noun

temp (plural temps)

1. A temporary employee, usually in an office.
2. (computing, informal, chiefly attributive) A temporary storage location.
   • 2001, John Y. Hsu, Computer Architecture: Software Aspects, Coding, and Hardware

     Consequently, the unit executes and places the result in a temp register.

   • 2014, Andrew W. Appel, Program Logics for Certified Compilers (page 162)

     That is, r-values include numeric constants, nonaddressable local variables (temps) […]

Translations

temporary employee

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 臨時雇員／临时雇员, 临时雇员 (línshí gùyuán)

• Finnish: määräaikainen (fi)
• French: employé temporaire m, employée temporaire f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Leiharbeiter (de) m, Leiharbeiterin (de) f
• Japanese: 臨時雇い (りんじやとい, rinjiyatoi)
• Russian: вре́менный рабо́тник m (vrémennyj rabótnik), вре́менный сотру́дник m (vrémennyj sotrúdnik), вре́менная рабо́тница f (vrémennaja rabótnica), вре́менная сотру́дница f (vrémennaja sotrúdnica)
• Swedish: vikarie (sv) c

Verb

temp (third-person singular simple present temps, present participle temping, simple past and past participle temped)

1. To work as a temporary employee.
   • 2007, The Savages, 01:24:50

     --I temp for money, but it's not my main thing. I write plays.

Translations

to work as a temporary employee

• Swedish: vikariera (sv), vicka (sv)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Anagrams

• EMT-P, Emp't, empt

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Latvian

Verb

temp

1. (deprecated template usage) 2nd person singular present indicative form of tempt
2. (deprecated template usage) 2nd person singular imperative form of tempt

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sursilvan) temps
• (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) taimp
• (Sutsilvan) tains

Etymology

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

Noun

temp m (plural temps)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) time

Related terms

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