tempe

Noun

tempe

1. tempeh

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *tempula, from Latin tempora, originally an accusative plural form of tempus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑ̃p/

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Noun

tempe f (plural tempes)

1. (anatomy) temple
   • 1829, Victor Hugo, Le Dernier Jour d’un condamné

     ...une sueur glacée est sortie à la fois de tous mes membres, j’ai senti mes tempes se gonfler, et j’avais les oreilles pleines de bourdonnements.

     ice-cold sweat dripped of every part of my body at the same time, I felt my temples swell, and there was a deafening hum in my ears.

Further reading

• “tempe” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

Possibly from Old Javanese tumpi (a food made from starch and tempeh) or Indonesian tapai (“fermentation”).

Noun

tempe

1. tempeh

Noun

tempe

1. vocative singular of tempus

References

• tempe in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• tempe in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
• tempe in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tempe in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Noun

tempe c (plural tempes)

1. time