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Webster 1913 Edition


Tempera


Tem′pe-ra

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Noun.
[It.]
(Paint.)
A mode or process of painting; distemper.
☞ The term is applied especially to early Italian painting, common vehicles of which were yolk of egg, yolk and white of egg mixed together, the white juice of the fig tree, and the like.

Definition 2024


tempera

tempera

See also: temperá, tempéra, and têmpera

English

Noun

tempera (countable and uncountable, plural temperas)

  1. A medium used to bind pigments in painting, as well as the associated artistic techniques.

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Finnish

Noun

tempera

  1. tempera

Declension

Inflection of tempera (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)
nominative tempera temperat
genitive temperan temperoiden
temperoitten
temperojen
partitive temperaa temperoita
temperoja
illative temperaan temperoihin
singular plural
nominative tempera temperat
accusative nom. tempera temperat
gen. temperan
genitive temperan temperoiden
temperoitten
temperojen
temperainrare
partitive temperaa temperoita
temperoja
inessive temperassa temperoissa
elative temperasta temperoista
illative temperaan temperoihin
adessive temperalla temperoilla
ablative temperalta temperoilta
allative temperalle temperoille
essive temperana temperoina
translative temperaksi temperoiksi
instructive temperoin
abessive temperatta temperoitta
comitative temperoineen

Italian

Noun

tempera f (plural tempere)

  1. tempera, distemper
  2. tempera painting
  3. Variant of tempra

Verb

tempera

  1. third-person singular present indicative of temperare
  2. second-person singular imperative of temperare

Latin

Verb

temperā

  1. first-person singular present active imperative of temperō

Portuguese

Verb

tempera

  1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present indicative of temperar
  2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of temperar

Spanish

Verb

tempera

  1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of temperar.
  2. Informal second-person singular () affirmative imperative form of temperar.