templa

See also: templá

English

Noun

templa

1. plural of templon

Anagrams

• maplet

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tempora, plural of tempus, construed as a singular.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈte̞m.plə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈtem.plə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈtem.pla]

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Noun

templa f (plural temples)

1. (anatomy) temple

Further reading

• “templa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Esperanto templo

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -ader.

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Latin -a

Italian -ader.

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Latin -a

Old Spanish -a

Spanish -ader.

Esperanto -a

Esperanto templa

From templo + -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtempla/
• Rhymes: -empla
• Syllabification: tem‧pla

Adjective

templa (accusative singular templan, plural templaj, accusative plural templajn)

1. pertaining to a temple, templar

Faroese

Noun

templa

1. genitive plural indefinite of tempul

Ilocano

Alternative forms

• timpla — informal

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish templa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtempla/ [ˈtem.pla]
• Hyphenation: tem‧pla

Noun

templa

1. proportionate mixture of ingredients (in food, medicine, etc.)
2. prepared blend of ingredients

Latin

Noun

templa

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of templum

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• templene

Noun

templa n pl

1. definite plural of tempel

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

templa n pl

1. definite plural of tempel

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtem.plɑ/

Noun

templa

1. genitive plural of tempel

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtempla/ [ˈt̪ẽm.pla]
• Rhymes: -empla
• Syllabification: tem‧pla

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin tempora, plural of tempus.

Noun

templa f (plural templas)

1. (anatomy, chiefly in the plural) temple

   Synonym: sien

Etymology 2

Verb

templa

1. inflection of templar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “templa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025