temps

See also: tëmps

English

Noun

temps

1. plural of temp

Verb

temps

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of temp

Anagrams

• EMT-Ps, empts

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Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈtems]

Noun

temps m (invariable)

1. time
2. weather

Synonyms

• (weather): oratge

Derived terms

• contratemps

Related terms

• temporada
• temporal

Further reading

• “temps” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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French

Etymology

From Old French temps and its variants, from Latin tempus, from Proto-Indo-European *tempos (“stretch”), from the root *temp- (“to stretch, string”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑ̃/

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• IPA^(key): /tã/

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• Homophones: tan, tans, tant, taon

Noun

temps m (plural temps)

1. (uncountable) time (in general)

   je n’ai pas le temps de faire ça ― I haven't got (the) time to do that

   il faut encore du temps ― I need more time

2. (uncountable) weather

   le temps n’est pas bon ici ― the weather is no good here

   quel temps fait-il ? ― how's the weather?

3. (countable, grammar) tense

   un temps composé ― a compound tense

   un temps simple ― a simple tense

   changez le temps du verbe ― change the tense of the verb

Usage notes

To talk about the current weather, it is standard in French to use the third-person singular pronoun il.

• il fait beau ― it's nice weather
• il fait mauvais ― it's bad weather
• il faisait froid ― it was cold
• j’espère qu’il ne pleuvra pas demain ― I hope it won't be raining tomorrow
• il neige ― it's snowing
• il vente / ça souffle ― the wind is blowing

Derived terms

• avoir du temps
• dans le même temps
• de temps en temps
• emploi de temps
• en deux temps trois mouvements
• en même temps
• mi-temps
• parler de la pluie et du beau temps
• quel temps fait-il ?
• temps partiel
• temps perdu

 

Related terms

• temporel
• temporaire

See also

• heure
• minute
• Category:fr:Tenses

Further reading

• “temps”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Latvian

Noun

temps m (1st declension)

1. speed
2. pace
3. rate
4. time (music)

Declension

Declension of temps (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	temps	tempi
accusative (akuzatīvs)	tempu	tempus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	tempa	tempu
dative (datīvs)	tempam	tempiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	tempu	tempiem
locative (lokatīvs)	tempā	tempos
vocative (vokatīvs)	temp	tempi

Verb

temps

1. (deprecated template usage) 3rd person singular future indicative form of tempt
2. (deprecated template usage) 3rd person plural future indicative form of tempt

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French temps, tens, tans, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin tempus.

Noun

temps m (plural temps)

1. time

Descendants

• French: temps

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Norman

Etymology

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

Noun

temps m (plural temps)

1. (Jersey) weather
2. (Jersey) time
3. (Jersey, grammar) tense

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Old French

Alternative forms

• tans
• tens

Etymology

From Latin tempus.

Noun

temps oblique singular, m (oblique plural temps, nominative singular temps, nominative plural temps)

1. weather

Descendants

• Middle French: temps
  • French: temps
• Bourguignon: tamps
• Norman: temps
• Walloon: tins

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Old Occitan

Noun

temps m (oblique plural temps, nominative singular temps, nominative plural temps)

1. Alternative form of tems

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) temp
• (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) taimp
• (Sutsilvan) tains

Etymology

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

Noun

temps m

1. (Sursilvan) time

Related terms

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