temp

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See also: tëmp, tẽmp, temp., and Temp.

English

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Clipping of temperature.

Noun

temp (plural temps)

  1. Clipping of temperature.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See temp.

Adverb

temp (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of temp. (“in the time of”)

Etymology 3

Clipping of temporary.

Adjective

temp (not comparable)

  1. Abbreviation of temporary.
    • 2001, John Y. Hsu, Computer Architecture: Software Aspects, Coding, and Hardware:
      Consequently, the unit executes and places the result in a temp register.

Noun

temp (plural temps)

  1. A temporary employee, usually in an office.
  2. (programming, informal) A temporary storage location.
    • 2014, Andrew W. Appel, Program Logics for Certified Compilers, page 162:
      That is, r-values include numeric constants, nonaddressable local variables (temps) […]
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Verb

temp (third-person singular simple present temps, present participle temping, simple past and past participle temped)

  1. (transitive, informal) To work as a temporary employee.
    • 2007, The Savages, 01:24:50
      --I temp for money, but it's not my main thing. I write plays.
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Latvian

Verb

temp

  1. inflection of tempt:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian tempu and/or Italian tempo, both from Latin tempus.

Pronunciation

Noun

temp m (plural tempijiet)

  1. weather
  2. (grammar) tense

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

temp n

  1. genitive plural of tempo

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

temp m (plural temps)

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

Swedish

Etymology

Clipping of temperatur (“temperature”).

Noun

temp c

  1. (colloquial, often in the definite "tempen") (body) temperature (as an indication of whether someone is sick)
    ta tempen på någon
    take someone's temperature
  2. (colloquial, figuratively, in "ta tempen") to probe, to take someone's pulse (ascertain a mood, thoughts, or the like)
    ta tempen på politikerna inför debatten
    see what the politicians are thinking/take the politicians' pulse prior to the debate

Declension

Declension of temp
nominative genitive
singular indefinite temp -
definite tempen -
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

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