See also: tëmps

EnglishEdit

NounEdit

temps

  1. plural of temp

VerbEdit

temps

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of temp

AnagramsEdit

CatalanEdit

 
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Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative formsEdit

  • tems (medieval spelling variant)

EtymologyEdit

From Old Catalan temps, from Latin tempus. Doublet of tempo, a borrowing from Italian.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

temps m (plural temps)

  1. time
  2. weather

SynonymsEdit

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French temps and its variants, from Latin tempus.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

temps m (plural temps)

  1. (uncountable) time (in general)
    je n'ai pas le temps de faire çaI haven't got (the) time to do that
    il faut encore du tempsI need more time
    Il est temps de commencer.it's time to commence
  2. (uncountable) weather
    le temps n'est pas bon icithe weather is no good here
    quel temps fait-il ?how's the weather?
  3. (countable, grammar) tense
    un temps composéa compound tense
    un temps simplea simple tense
    changez le temps du verbechange the tense of the verb

Usage notesEdit

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

  • il fait beauit's nice weather
  • il fait mauvaisit's bad weather
  • il faisait froidit was cold
  • j'espère qu'il ne pleuvra pas demainI hope it won't rain tomorrow
  • il neigeit's snowing
  • il vente / ça soufflethe wind is blowing

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Further readingEdit

LatvianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French temps or Italian tempo, both from Latin tempus.

NounEdit

temps m (1st declension)

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

DeclensionEdit

VerbEdit

temps

  1. 3rd person singular future indicative form of tempt
  2. 3rd person plural future indicative form of tempt

Middle EnglishEdit

NounEdit

temps

  1. Alternative form of temse

Middle FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French temps, tens, tans, from Latin tempus.

NounEdit

temps m (plural temps)

  1. time

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • French: temps

NormanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French temps, from Latin tempus.

NounEdit

temps m (plural temps)

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

Old FrenchEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin tempus.

NounEdit

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

  1. weather

DescendantsEdit

Old OccitanEdit

NounEdit

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

  1. Alternative form of tems

RomanschEdit

Alternative formsEdit

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

EtymologyEdit

From Latin tempus

NounEdit

temps m

  1. (Sursilvan) time

Related termsEdit

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