temporal

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See also: temporàl and temporâl

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Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English temporal, from Old French temporal, from Latin temporālis, from tempus (“season, time, opportunity”).

Adjective[edit]

temporal (comparative more temporal, superlative most temporal)

  1. (also grammar) Of or relating to time.
  2. Of limited time; transient; passing; not perpetual.
    • Bible, 2 Corinthians iv. 18
      The things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
  3. Of or relating to the material world, as opposed to spiritual.
    • 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin 2012, p. 166:
      Not long before, he had ruefully acknowledged in a letter to his pious mother that most of his appointments to the bench of bishops had been motivated by distinctly temporal impulses.
  4. Lasting a short time only.
  5. Civil or political, as distinguished from ecclesiastical.
    temporal power; temporal courts
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Noun[edit]

temporal (plural temporals)

  1. (chiefly in the plural) Anything temporal or secular; a temporality.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)
    • Lowell
      He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals, and to the emperor in temporals.

Etymology 2[edit]

From New Latin temporālis, from Latin tempora (“the temples”), plural of tempus (“temple, head, face”).

Adjective[edit]

temporal (not comparable)

  1. of the temples of the head
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Noun[edit]

temporal (plural temporals)

  1. (anatomy) Either of the bones on the side of the skull, near the ears.
  2. Any of a reptile's scales on the side of the head between the parietal and supralabial scales, and behind the postocular scales.
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temporal m (plural temporals)

  1. storm

Adjective[edit]

temporal (masculine and feminine plural temporals)

  1. temporal

Galician[edit]

Temporal

Etymology[edit]

13th century. From Latin temporālis, from tempus (“time”).

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Noun[edit]

temporal m (plural temporais)

  1. (weather) storm, tempest
    Synonym: tempestade

Noun[edit]

temporal m (plural temporais)

  1. (anatomy) the temporal bone

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temporal m, f (plural temporais)

  1. temporal, pertaining to time
  2. temporal, transient, as opposed to eternal
  3. temporal, pertaining to the temples of the head
  4. (grammar) of a grammatical case in Hungarian

References[edit]

  • “temporal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “temporal” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “temporal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “temporal” in Santamarina, Antón (dir.), Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja: Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (v 4.0). Santiago: ILG.
  • “temporal” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.


German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /tɛmpoˈʀaːl/
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  • Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective[edit]

temporal (not comparable)

  1. temporal

Declension[edit]

Declension of temporal
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist temporal sie ist temporal es ist temporal sie sind temporal
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative temporaler temporale temporales temporale
genitive temporalen temporaler temporalen temporaler
dative temporalem temporaler temporalem temporalen
accusative temporalen temporale temporales temporale
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der temporale die temporale das temporale die temporalen
genitive des temporalen der temporalen des temporalen der temporalen
dative dem temporalen der temporalen dem temporalen den temporalen
accusative den temporalen die temporale das temporale die temporalen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein temporaler eine temporale ein temporales (keine) temporalen
genitive eines temporalen einer temporalen eines temporalen (keiner) temporalen
dative einem temporalen einer temporalen einem temporalen (keinen) temporalen
accusative einen temporalen eine temporale ein temporales (keine) temporalen

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Etymology[edit]

From Late Latin temporālis, from Latin tempus (“time”).

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temporal (neuter singular temporalt, definite singular and plural temporale)

  1. temporal (related to time)
  2. temporal (related to the temples)

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Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin temporālis (“temporal”), from tempus (“season, time, opportunity”), from Proto-Indo-European *tempos (“stretch”).

Adjective[edit]

temporal m, f (plural temporais, not comparable)

  1. temporal (relating to time)
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Terms related to temporal

Etymology 2[edit]

From tempo (“weather”).

Noun[edit]

temporal m (plural temporais)

  1. downpour; heavy rain
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Etymology 3[edit]

From têmpora (“temple of the head”).

Noun[edit]

temporal m (plural temporais)

  1. temporal bone
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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin temporālis.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /tempoˈɾal/, [t̪ẽmpoˈɾal]

Adjective[edit]

temporal (plural temporales)

  1. temporal (of or relating to time)
  2. temporary
    Synonym: temporario
  3. (anatomy) temporal (of the temples of the head)

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Noun[edit]

temporal m (plural temporales)

  1. storm
    Synonyms: tempestad, vendaval

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