temp
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /tɛmp/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -ɛmp
Etymology 1[edit]
Clipping of temperature.
Noun[edit]
temp (plural temps)
- Clipping of temperature.
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
See temp.
Adverb[edit]
temp (not comparable)
- Alternative form of temp. (“in the time of”)
Etymology 3[edit]
Adjective[edit]
temp (not comparable)
- 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[edit]
temp (plural temps)
- A temporary employee, usually in an office.
- (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) […]
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
temporary employee
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Verb[edit]
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[edit]
to work as a temporary employee
Anagrams[edit]
Latvian[edit]
Verb[edit]
temp
- inflection of tempt:
Maltese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Sicilian tempu and/or Italian tempo, both from Latin tempus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
temp m (plural tempijiet)
Related terms[edit]
Polish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
temp n
Romansch[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin tempus, from Proto-Indo-European *tempos (“stretch”), from the root *temp- (“to stretch, string”).
Noun[edit]
temp m (plural temps)
Related terms[edit]
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Clipping of temperatur (“temperature”).
Noun[edit]
temp c
- (colloquial, often in the definite "tempen") (body) temperature (as an indication of whether someone is sick)
- ta tempen på någon
- take someone's temperature
- (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[edit]
Declension of temp | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | temp | tempen | — | — |
Genitive | - | - | — | — |
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