temporal

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛmp.ɜː(ɹ).əl/

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

temporal (comparative more temporal, superlative most temporal)

1. Of or relating to time.
2. Of limited time; 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

Derived terms

• extratemporal
• metatemporal
• temporality
• temporally

Translations

of or relating to time

• Catalan: temporal m, f
• Czech: časový (cs) m
• Estonian: aja-, ajaline
• Finnish: aika-, ajallinen (fi)
• French: temporel (fr) m, temporelle (fr) f
• Georgian: დროებითი (droebit’i)
• German: zeitlich (de), temporär (de), zeitweilig (de)
• Italian: temporale (it)
• Latin: temporalis

• Norwegian: temporal
• Persian: زمانی (fa) (zamâni)
• Polish: czasowy (pl)
• Portuguese: temporal (pt)
• Romanian: temporal (ro) m, n
• Russian: временной (ru) (vremennój)
• Swedish: tidsmässig (sv), tidsbunden, temporal (sv)
• Turkish: zamana ait, zamansal

of limited time

• Catalan: temporal m, f
• Estonian: ajutine (et)
• Finnish: väliaikainen
• French: temporaire (fr)
• Georgian: დროებითი (droebit’i), გარდამავალი (gardamavali)
• German: vorübergehend (de), temporär (de)
• Hebrew: זמני (z'mani)
• Italian: temporale (it)

• Latin: temporalis, temporarius
• Norwegian: temporær
• Portuguese: temporário (pt)
• Romanian: temporar (ro) m, n
• Russian: временный (ru) (vrémennyj)
• Swedish: temporär (sv)
• Turkish: geçici (tr), fani (tr)

of or relating to the material world

• Czech: světský (cs)
• Danish: verdslig (da)
• Finnish: maallinen (fi), ajallinen (fi)
• French: temporel (fr) m
• German: diesseitig, weltlich (de)
• Latin: temporalis

• Norwegian: jordisk (no). timelig, verdslig
• Portuguese: temporal (pt)
• Romanian: lumesc, pământesc
• Scottish Gaelic: saoghalta
• Swedish: världslig (sv), jordisk
• Turkish: cismani (tr), dünyevi (tr), fani (tr), maddi (tr)

(euphemistic for) lasting a short time only

• Catalan: temporal m, f
• Finnish: hetkellinen, lyhytaikainen
• French: temporaire (fr) m, f
• German: temporär (de)
• Italian: temporale (it)

• Latin: temporalis, temporarius
• Norwegian: forbigående, temporær
• Portuguese: temporário (pt)
• Romanian: temporar (ro), trecător (ro)
• Russian: преходящий (ru) (prékhodjaschij)
• Swedish: tillfällig (sv), temporär (sv)
• Turkish: geçici (tr), muvakkat (tr), fani (tr)

Noun

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

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

Adjective

temporal (comparative more temporal, superlative most temporal)

1. of the temples of the head

Derived terms

• temporal bone
• temporal lobe

Translations

of the temples of the head

• Catalan: temporal m
• Czech: spánkový m
• Finnish: ohimo-
• German: Schläfen-

• Italian: temporale (it)
• Latin: templaris
• Norwegian: temporal
• Portuguese: temporal (pt)
• Russian: височный (ru) (visóčnyj)

Noun

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.

Translations

temples of the head

• Catalan: temporal m
• German: Schläfen (de) f pl

• Portuguese: temporal (pt) m
• Spanish: temporal (es) m, sienes (es) f pl

External links

• temporal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• temporal in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Galician

Adjective

temporal m, f (plural temporais)

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

Noun

temporal m (plural temporais)

1. (anatomy) the temporal bone

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Late Latin temporalis, from Latin tempus (“time”)

Adjective

temporal (masculine temporal; feminine temporal; neuter temporalt; plural temporale;comparative mer temporal; superlative mest temporal)

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

Derived terms

• temporalia

Related terms

• temporær

References

• “temporal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “temporal” in The Ordnett Dictionary

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌtẽ.po.ˈɾaw/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tẽ.pu.ˈɾaɫ/

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

temporal m, f (plural temporais, not comparable)

1. temporal (relating to time)

Synonyms

• crónico

Related terms

tempão temperatura tempestade tempestivo

tempestuoso tempo temporada temporalidade

temporão temporário temporização temporizar

Etymology 2

From tempo (“weather”).

Noun

temporal m (plural temporais)

1. downpour; heavy rain

Synonyms

• tempestade, vendaval

Etymology 3

From têmpora (“temple of the head”).

Noun

temporal m (plural temporais)

1. temporal bone

Hypernyms

• osso

Holonyms

• crânio

Coordinate terms

• occipital, parietal, frontal, esfenoide, etmoide

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Spanish

Adjective

temporal m, f (plural temporales)

1. temporary

Synonyms

• temporario

Noun

temporal m (plural temporales)

1. storm

Synonyms

• tempestad
• vendaval