tempia

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From a Vulgar Latin root *templa, from *tempula, from Latin tempora, plural of tempus. Compare French tempe, Portuguese têmpora, Romanian tâmplă.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈtem.pja/, (traditional) /ˈtɛm.pja/[1]
  • Rhymes: -empja, (traditional) -ɛmpja
  • Hyphenation: tém‧pia, (traditional) tèm‧pia

Noun[edit]

tempia f (plural tempie)

  1. (anatomy) temple (of the head)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ tempia in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams[edit]

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