temps

temps

1. plural of temp

temps

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

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From Old Occitan temps, tems, from Latin tempus, from Proto-Indo-European *tempos (“stretch”), from the root *temp- (“to stretch, string”). Doublet of tempo.

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈtems/

temps m (plural temps)

1. time
2. weather

• (weather): oratge

• contratemps

• temporada
• temporal

• “temps” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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

• (France) IPA^(key): /tɑ̃/

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• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /tã/

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• Homophones: tan, tans, tant, taon

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

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

• temporel
• temporaire

• heure
• minute
• Category:fr:Tenses

• “temps” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

temps m (1st declension)

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

temps

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

From Old French temps, tens, tans, from Latin tempus.

temps m (plural temps)

1. time

• French: temps

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

temps m (plural temps)

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

• tans
• tens

From Latin tempus.

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

1. weather

• Middle French: temps
  • French: temps
• Norman: temps

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

1. Alternative form of tems

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

From Latin tempus, from Proto-Indo-European *tempos (“stretch”), from the root *temp- (“to stretch, string”).

temps m

1. (Sursilvan) time

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