tempe
See also: Tempe, tempé, and temꝑe
Finnish
Etymology
From Indonesian tempe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtempe/, [ˈt̪e̞mpe̞]
- Rhymes: -empe
- Syllabification(key): tem‧pe
Noun
tempe
- tempeh
Declension
| Inflection of tempe (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tempe | — | |
| genitive | tempen | — | |
| partitive | tempeä | — | |
| illative | tempeen | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | tempe | — | |
| accusative | nom. | tempe | — |
| gen. | tempen | ||
| genitive | tempen | — | |
| partitive | tempeä | — | |
| inessive | tempessä | — | |
| elative | tempestä | — | |
| illative | tempeen | — | |
| adessive | tempellä | — | |
| ablative | tempeltä | — | |
| allative | tempelle | — | |
| essive | tempenä | — | |
| translative | tempeksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | tempettä | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of tempe (type nalle) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | tempeni | tempemme |
| 2nd person | tempesi | tempenne |
| 3rd person | tempensä | |
French
Alternative forms
- temple
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)
- (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.
- 1829, Victor Hugo, Le Dernier Jour d’un condamné
Further reading
- “tempe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian
Etymology
Possibly from Old Javanese tumpi (a food made from starch and tempeh) or Indonesian tapai (“fermentation”).
Noun
tempe
- tempeh
Descendants
- → Dutch: tempé
- → French: tempeh, tempé
- → English: tempeh
Further reading
- “tempe” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Alternative forms
- tempeh (nonstandard)
Etymology
Possibly from Old Javanese tumpi (a food made from starch and tempeh) or Malay tapai (“fermentation”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tempe/
- Rhymes: -empe, -pe, -e
- Hyphenation: tem‧pe
Noun
tempe (Jawi spelling تيمڤي, plural tempe-tempe, informal 1st possessive tempeku, 2nd possessive tempemu, 3rd possessive tempenya)
- tempeh
Further reading
- “tempe” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.