English

Noun

temps

1. plural of temp

Verb

temps

1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of temp

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛmps/

Noun

temps m ‎(plural temps)

1. time
2. weather

French

Etymology

From Old French temps and its variants, from Latin tempus, from Proto-Indo-European *tempos ‎(“stretch”), from the root *temp- ‎(“to stetch, string”).

Pronunciation

• (France) IPA^(key): /tɑ̃/
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /tã/
• Homophones: tan, tans, tant, taon

Noun

temps m ‎(plural temps)

1. (uncountable) time (in general)

   je n'ai pas le temps de faire ça‎ ― I haven't got (the) time to do that

   il faut encore du temps‎ ― I need more time

2. (uncountable) weather

   le temps n'est pas bon ici‎ ― the weather is no good here

   quel temps fait-il ?‎ ― how's the weather?

3. (countable, grammar) tense

   un temps composé‎ ― a compound tense

   un temps simple‎ ― a simple tense

   changez le temps du verbe‎ ― change the tense of the verb

Usage notes

To talk about the current weather, it is standard in French to use the third-person singular pronoun il.

• il fait beau‎ ― it's nice weather
• il fait mauvais‎ ― it's bad weather
• il faisait froid‎ ― it was cold
• j'espère qu'il ne pleuvra pas demain‎ ― I hope it won't be raining tomorrow
• il neige‎ ― it's snowing
• il vente / ça souffle‎ ― the wind is blowing

Derived terms

See also

• heure
• minute
• Category:fr:Tenses

Latvian

Noun

temps m (1st declension)

1. speed
2. pace
3. rate
4. time (music)

Declension

Verb

temps

1. 3rd person singular future indicative form of tempt
2. 3rd person plural future indicative form of tempt

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French tans, from Latin tempus.

Noun

temps m (plural temps)

1. time

Norman

Etymology

From Old French temps, from Latin tempus.

Noun

temps m ‎(plural temps)

1. (Jersey) weather
2. (Jersey) time
3. (Jersey, grammar) tense

Old French

Alternative forms

• tans
• tens

Etymology

From Latin tempus.

Noun

temps m ‎(oblique plural temps, nominative singular temps, nominative plural temps)

1. weather

Old Provençal

Noun

temps m ‎(oblique plural temps, nominative singular temps, nominative plural temps)

1. Alternative form of tems

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) temp
• (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) taimp
• (Sutsilvan) tains

Etymology

From Latin tempus.

Noun

temps m

1. (Sursilvan) time

Related terms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader) ura
• (Surmiran) oura