English Online Dictionary. What means temp? What does temp mean?
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɛmp/
- Rhymes: -ɛmp
Etymology 1
Clipping of temperature.
Noun
temp (plural temps)
- Clipping of temperature.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See temp.
Adverb
temp (not comparable)
- Alternative form of temp. (“in the time of”)
Etymology 3
Clipping of temporary.
Adjective
temp (not comparable)
- Abbreviation of temporary.
Noun
temp (plural temps) (informal)
- Synonym of temporary (“short-term employee”)
- (programming) Synonym of temporary (“short-term variable”)
Derived terms
- temp agency
Translations
Verb
temp (third-person singular simple present temps, present participle temping, simple past and past participle temped)
- (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.
- 2007, The Savages, 01:24:50
Translations
Anagrams
- PEMT, Emp't, PETM, EMT-P, empt
Latvian
Verb
temp
- inflection of tempt:
- second-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Maltese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sicilian tempu and/or Italian tempo, both from Latin tempus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɛmp/
Noun
temp m (plural tempijiet)
- weather
- (grammar) tense
Related terms
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɛmp/
- Rhymes: -ɛmp
- Syllabification: temp
- Homophone: tęp
Noun
temp n
- genitive plural of tempo
Romansch
Alternative forms
- temps (Sursilvan)
- taimp (Sutsilvan, Surmiran)
- tains (Sutsilvan)
Etymology
From Latin tempus, from Proto-Indo-European *tempos (“stretch”), from the root *temp- (“to stretch, string”).
Noun
temp m (plural temps)
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) time
Related terms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader) ura
- (Surmiran) oura
Swedish
Etymology
Clipping of temperatur (“temperature”).
Noun
temp c
- (colloquial, often in the definite "tempen") (body) temperature (as an indication of whether someone is sick)
- (colloquial, figuratively, in "ta tempen") to probe, to take someone's pulse (ascertain a mood, thoughts, or the like)
Declension
References
- temp in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- temp in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- temp in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)