English

Proper noun

Tempe

1. A city in Arizona.

Finnish

Noun

tempe

1. tempeh

Declension

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑ̃p/

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.

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Noun

tempe

1. tempeh

Latin

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

Novial

Noun

tempe ‎(plural tempes)

1. time