temperamental
English edit
Etymology edit
temperament + -al
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɛntəl
Adjective edit
temperamental (comparative more temperamental, superlative most temperamental)
- (not comparable) Of, related to, or caused by temperament.
- Subject to changing and unpredictable emotional states; moody, capricious.
- (of a machine or of software, figuratively) User-unfriendly, unstable, that is complicated or has poorly written instructions and is subsequently difficult to operate.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
emotional or moody, inconsistent
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Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English temperamental. By surface analysis, temperamento + -al.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
temperamental m or f (plural temperamentais)
- temperamental (regarding temperament)
- temperamental (who has untimely and intense reactions)
Further reading edit
- “temperamental” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “temperamental” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
From temperament + -al.
Adjective edit
temperamental m or n (feminine singular temperamentală, masculine plural temperamentali, feminine and neuter plural temperamentale)
Declension edit
Declension of temperamental
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | temperamental | temperamentală | temperamentali | temperamentale | ||
definite | temperamentalul | temperamentala | temperamentalii | temperamentalele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | temperamental | temperamentale | temperamentali | temperamentale | ||
definite | temperamentalului | temperamentalei | temperamentalilor | temperamentalelor |
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
temperamental m or f (masculine and feminine plural temperamentales)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “temperamental”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014