tempura

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See also: tempurá and tempurą

English

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese (てん)()() (tenpura), from Portuguese, ultimately from Latin. Different dictionaries link two different original terms:

  • Portuguese tempero (seasoning) or tempera (he/she/it seasons; season!), third-person present singular or imperative tense of temperar (to season, to temper), from Latin temperare (to mix, to temper).[1][2][3]
  • Portuguese têmpora (Ember days), from Latin tempora, plural of tempus (time; period). When Portuguese explorers (mostly Jesuit missionaries) arrived in Japan, they abstained from eating beef, pork, and poultry during the Ember days, a Catholic series of holidays. Instead, they ate fried vegetables and fish. This was the first contact of the Japanese with fried food, and since then they began associating the Portuguese word têmpora (which they pronounced tenpura) with such food.[3][4]

Pronunciation

Noun

tempura (countable and uncountable, plural tempuras)

  1. A Japanese dish made by deep-frying vegetables, seafood, or other foods in a light batter.
    Hypernym: fritter

Translations

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Cebuano

Tempura Streetfood

Etymology

Possibly from Spanish tempura (breaded or battered like (Japanese) tempura), from Japanese 天麩羅(てんぷら) (tenpura), from Portuguese, from Latin.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: tem‧pu‧ra
  • IPA(key): /temˈpuɾa/

Noun

tempura

  1. (colloquial) kikiam (deep fried elongated beancurd roll over meat (usually ground pork) and vegetables, served as a streetfood snack)

Finnish

Etymology

From Japanese 天麩羅 (てんぷら, tenpura).

Pronunciation

Noun

tempura

  1. tempura

Declension

Inflection of tempura (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative tempura tempurat
genitive tempuran tempuroiden
tempuroitten
partitive tempuraa tempuroita
illative tempuraan tempuroihin
singular plural
nominative tempura tempurat
accusative nom. tempura tempurat
gen. tempuran
genitive tempuran tempuroiden
tempuroitten
tempurain rare
partitive tempuraa tempuroita
inessive tempurassa tempuroissa
elative tempurasta tempuroista
illative tempuraan tempuroihin
adessive tempuralla tempuroilla
ablative tempuralta tempuroilta
allative tempuralle tempuroille
essive tempurana tempuroina
translative tempuraksi tempuroiksi
abessive tempuratta tempuroitta
instructive tempuroin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of tempura (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tempurani tempurani
accusative nom. tempurani tempurani
gen. tempurani
genitive tempurani tempuroideni
tempuroitteni
tempuraini rare
partitive tempuraani tempuroitani
inessive tempurassani tempuroissani
elative tempurastani tempuroistani
illative tempuraani tempuroihini
adessive tempurallani tempuroillani
ablative tempuraltani tempuroiltani
allative tempuralleni tempuroilleni
essive tempuranani tempuroinani
translative tempurakseni tempuroikseni
abessive tempurattani tempuroittani
instructive
comitative tempuroineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tempurasi tempurasi
accusative nom. tempurasi tempurasi
gen. tempurasi
genitive tempurasi tempuroidesi
tempuroittesi
tempuraisi rare
partitive tempuraasi tempuroitasi
inessive tempurassasi tempuroissasi
elative tempurastasi tempuroistasi
illative tempuraasi tempuroihisi
adessive tempurallasi tempuroillasi
ablative tempuraltasi tempuroiltasi
allative tempurallesi tempuroillesi
essive tempuranasi tempuroinasi
translative tempuraksesi tempuroiksesi
abessive tempurattasi tempuroittasi
instructive
comitative tempuroinesi

Further reading

Indonesian

Etymology

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Borrowed from Japanese 天麩羅 (てんぷら, tenpura), from Portuguese, ultimately from Latin. Different dictionaries link two different original terms:

  • Portuguese tempero (seasoning) or tempera (he/she/it seasons; season!), third-person present singular or imperative tense of temperar (to season, to temper), from Latin temperare (to mix, to temper).[1][2][3]
  • Portuguese têmpora (Ember days), from Latin tempora, plural of tempus (time; period). When Portuguese explorers (mostly Jesuit missionaries) arrived in Japan, they abstained from eating beef, pork, and poultry during the Ember days, a Catholic series of holidays. Instead, they ate fried vegetables and fish. This was the first contact of the Japanese with fried food, and since then they began associating the Portuguese word têmpora (which they pronounced tenpura) with such food.[3][4]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /təm.pu.ra/
  • Hyphenation: têm‧pu‧ra

Noun

tempura

  1. (cooking) A Japanese dish made by deep-frying vegetables, seafood, or other foods in a light batter.

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Further reading

Italian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 天麩羅 (てんぷら, tenpura), from Portuguese, ultimately from Latin, cognate with either temperare or tempo, tempora. See above for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /temˈpu.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ura
  • Hyphenation: tem‧pù‧ra

Noun

tempura m or f (invariable)

  1. tempura
    Hypernym: frittura

Anagrams

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 天麩羅 (てんぷら, tenpura), from Portuguese, from Latin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɛmˈpu.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ura
  • Syllabification: tem‧pu‧ra

Noun

tempura f

  1. tempura

Declension

Further reading

  • tempura in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -uɾɐ
  • Hyphenation: tem‧pu‧ra

Noun

tempura f (plural tempuras)

  1. European Portuguese standard form of tempurá.

Spanish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 天麩羅 (てんぷら, tenpura), from Portuguese, ultimately from Latin. See above for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /temˈpuɾa/
  • Rhymes: -uɾa
  • Syllabification: tem‧pu‧ra

Noun

tempura f (plural tempuras)

  1. tempura

Adjective

tempura m or f (masculine and feminine plural tempuras)

  1. (said of food) breaded or battered like tempura

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from traditional Hepburn romaji of Japanese 天麩羅(てんぷら) (tenpura), from Portuguese, from Latin.

Pronunciation

Noun

tempura (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜋ᜔ᜉᜓᜇ)

  1. tempura (Japanese dish)

Further reading

  • tempura”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018