temps
English
Noun
temps
Verb
temps
- third-person singular simple present indicative of temp
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:etymology at line 170: Old Occitan (pro) is not set as an ancestor of Catalan (ca) in Module:languages/data/2. The ancestor of Catalan is Old Catalan (roa-oca)., tems, from Latin tempus, from Proto-Indo-European *tempos (“stretch”), from the root *temp- (“to stretch, string”). Doublet of tempo.
Pronunciation
Noun
temps m (invariable)
Synonyms
- (weather): oratge
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “temps” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
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
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Audio (Quebec): (file)
- Homophones: tan, tans, tant, taon
Noun
temps m (plural temps)
- (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
- (uncountable) weather
- le temps n’est pas bon ici ― the weather is no good here
- quel temps fait-il ? ― how's the weather?
- (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
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See also
Further reading
- “temps”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latvian
Noun
temps m (1st declension)
Declension
Verb
temps
- (deprecated template usage) 3rd person singular future indicative form of tempt
- (deprecated template usage) 3rd person plural future indicative form of tempt
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French temps, tens, tans, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin tempus.
Noun
temps m (plural temps)
Descendants
- French: temps
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)
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
temps oblique singular, m (oblique plural temps, nominative singular temps, nominative plural temps)
Descendants
Old Occitan
Noun
temps m (oblique plural temps, nominative singular temps, nominative plural temps)
- Alternative form of tems
Romansch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin tempus, from Proto-Indo-European *tempos (“stretch”), from the root *temp- (“to stretch, string”).
Noun
temps m
Related terms
- English non-lemma forms
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- Catalan terms inherited from Latin
- Catalan terms derived from Latin
- Catalan terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
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- Catalan doublets
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- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan nouns
- Catalan indeclinable nouns
- Catalan countable nouns
- Catalan masculine nouns
- French terms inherited from Old French
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms inherited from Latin
- French terms derived from Latin
- French terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- French 1-syllable words
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- French nouns
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- French masculine nouns
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- fr:Grammar
- fr:Weather
- Latvian lemmas
- Latvian nouns
- Latvian masculine nouns
- Latvian first declension nouns
- Latvian non-lemma forms
- Latvian verb forms
- Middle French terms inherited from Old French
- Middle French terms derived from Old French
- Middle French terms derived from Latin
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- Middle French nouns
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- Middle French countable nouns
- Norman terms inherited from Old French
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- Norman terms inherited from Latin
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- Norman terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
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- Jersey Norman
- nrf:Grammar
- nrf:Weather
- nrf:Time
- Old French terms inherited from Latin
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- Old French nouns
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- Old Occitan lemmas
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- Romansch terms inherited from Latin
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- Sursilvan Romansch