temperamental
English
Etymology
temperament + -al
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛntəl
Adjective
temperamental (comparative more temperamental, superlative most temperamental)
- (not comparable) Of, related to, or caused by temperament.
- Subject to changing and unpredictable emotional states; moody, capricious.
- (of a machine or of software, figuratively) User-unfriendly, unstable, that is complicated or has poorly written instructions and is subsequently difficult to operate.
Derived terms
- temperamentally
Translations
emotional or moody, inconsistent
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Romanian
Etymology
From temperament + -al.
Adjective
temperamental m or n (feminine singular temperamentală, masculine plural temperamentali, feminine and neuter plural temperamentale)
- temperamental, moody
Declension
Declension of temperamental
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | temperamental | temperamentală | temperamentali | temperamentale | ||
| definite | temperamentalul | temperamentala | temperamentalii | temperamentalele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | temperamental | temperamentale | temperamentali | temperamentale | ||
| definite | temperamentalului | temperamentalei | temperamentalilor | temperamentalelor | |||
Spanish
Adjective
temperamental (plural temperamentales)
- temperamental, moody
Derived terms
- temperamentalmente
Further reading
- “temperamental”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014