See also: tëmps

English

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Noun

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temps

  1. plural of temp

Verb

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temps

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of temp

Anagrams

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Catalan

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Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ca

Alternative forms

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  • tems (medieval spelling variant)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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temps m (invariable)

  1. time
  2. weather
    Synonym: oratge

Derived terms

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References

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Franco-Provençal

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin tempus.

Noun

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temps m (plural temps) (ORB, broad)

  1. time
  2. season
    Synonym: sêson

Derived terms

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References

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  • temps in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  • temps in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Further information

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French

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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temps m (plural temps)

  1. (uncountable) time (in general)
    Synonym: le temps qui passe
    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
    Synonym: le temps qu’il fait
    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 notes

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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

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Latvian

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Etymology

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

Noun

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temps m (1st declension)

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

Declension

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Verb

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temps

  1. third-person singular/plural future indicative of tempt

Middle English

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Noun

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temps

  1. Alternative form of temse

Middle French

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Etymology

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

Noun

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temps m (plural temps)

  1. time

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • French: temps

Norman

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Etymology

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From Old French temps, from Latin tempus.

Noun

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temps m (plural temps)

  1. (Jersey) weather
    • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore[2], page 534:
      Si le soleil est rouage au sèr, / Ch'est pour biau temps aver, / S'il est rouage au matin, / Ch'est la mare au chemin.
      If the sun sets red, it is a sign of fine weather, but when he rises red, you may expect pools of water on the road.
  2. (Jersey) time
  3. (Jersey, grammar) tense

Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin tempus.

Noun

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

  1. weather

Descendants

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Old Occitan

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Noun

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

  1. Alternative form of tems

Romansch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin tempus

Noun

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temps m

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