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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 See also 1.3.2 Translations 1.3.3 Related terms 2 Italian 2.1 Noun

[ English

[ Etymology

From French température or Latin temperatura, from the past participle stem of temperare ‘temper’.

[ Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈtɛmpərɪʧə/

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[ Noun

Singular temperature

Plural temperatures

temperature (plural temperatures)

1. (obsolete) The state or condition of being tempered or moderated.
2. (obsolete) Temperament.
   • 1759: that not only the production of a rational Being was concern'd in it, but that possibly the happy foundation and temperature of his body, perhaps his genius and the very cast of his mind — Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Penguin 2003, p.5)
3. A measure of cold or hot. A thermometer can usually be used to determine its value.

   The boiling temperature of pure water is 100 degrees Celsius.

4. Having a higher than normal or elevated body temperature.

   You have a temperature; I think you should stay home today. You’re sick.

5. (when not used in relation with something) The temperature(1) of the immediate environment.

   The temperature dropped nearly 20 degrees; it went from hot to cold.

6. A feeling how much one want to do; a fever.
7. (thermodynamics) A property of macroscopic amounts of matter that serves to gauge the average intensity of the random actual motions of the individually mobile particulate constituents. [1]

[ See also

• Customary: degrees Fahrenheit (°F), degrees Rankine (°R, measures absolute temperature)
• Metric: degrees Celsius/centigrade (°C), kelvins (K, measures absolute temperature)

[ Translations

A measure of cold or hot

Arabic: درجة الحرارة (dárajet al-ħarára) f. Catalan: temperatura f. Chinese: 温度 (wēndù) Croatian: temperatura hr(hr) f. Czech: teplota cs(cs) f. Dutch: temperatuur nl(nl) m. Finnish: lämpötila fi(fi) French: température fr(fr) German: Temperatur de(de) f. Greek: θερμοκρασία el(el) f. (thermokrasía) Hungarian: hőmérséklet hu(hu) Interlingua: temperatura

Italian: temperatura it(it) f. Japanese: 温度 (おんど, ondo) Korean: 온도 (ondo) Polish: temperatura pl(pl) f. Portuguese: temperatura pt(pt) f. Romanian: temperatură ro(ro) f. Russian: температура ru(ru) (temperatúra) f. Spanish: temperatura es(es) f. Swedish: temperatur sv(sv) Tamil: வெப்பநிலை ta(ta)(veppanilai) Telugu: ఉష్ణోగ్రత (ushNoagrata) Thai: อุณหภูมิ (oon-na-ha-poom)

Having a higher than normal or elevated body temperature

Catalan: febre f. Croatian: temperatura hr(hr) f. Dutch: verhoging nl(nl) f. Finnish: kuume fi(fi) German: erhöhte Temperatur f. Greek: θερμοκρασία el(el) f. (thermokrasía) Guarani: akãnundu Hungarian: láz hu(hu) Interlingua: febre

Italian: febbre it(it) f. Japanese: 熱 (netsu) Polish: gorączka pl(pl) f. Portuguese: febre pt(pt) f. Romanian: temperatură ro(ro) f., febră ro(ro) f. Spanish: fiebre es(es) f. Swedish: feber sv(sv) Tamil: காய்ச்சல் ta(ta) (kaaychal)

The temperature of the immediate environment

Croatian: temperatura hr(hr) f. German: Temperatur de(de) f. Greek: θερμοκρασία el(el) f. (thermokrasía)

Japanese: 気温 (きおん, kion) Swedish: temperatur sv(sv) Telugu: ఉష్ణోగ్రత (ushNoagrata)

A feeling how much one want to do

Japanese: 熱 (netsu)

in thermodynamics

Croatian: temperatura hr(hr) f. German: Temperatur de(de) f.

Japanese: 熱 (netsu) Tamil: வெப்பநிலை ta(ta)(veppanilai)

[ Related terms

• hot
• warm
• lukewarm
• cool
• cold
• fresh
• fever

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[ Italian

[ Noun

temperature f plural

1. plural of temperatura