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"temperature" in seven languages

Meaningtemperature

Spanish

temperatura

/tempeɾaˈtuɾa/

fem.learned

French

température

/tɑ̃peʁatyʁ/

fem.learned

Italian

temperatura

/temperaˈtura/

fem.learned

Portuguese

temperatura

/tẽpeɾaˈtuɾɐ/

fem.learned

Romanian

temperatură

/temperaˈturə/

fem.learned

Catalan

temperatura

/təmpəɾəˈtuɾə/

fem.learned

English

temperature

/ˈtɛmpɹətʃɚ/

from Latin/French · Latin temperātūra

English → ItaliantemperaturetemperaturaCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

TEMPERĀTŪRAM‘due mixture, mildness’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

TEMPERĀRE meant 'to mix in due proportion'; a temperature was first a balance of qualities, and only later a degree of heat. The same learned word in all four languages.

English relatives: temper, temperate, temperament

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In a sentence

  • esLa temperatura bajó a cero.
  • frLa température est descendue à zéro.
  • itLa temperatura è scesa a zero.
  • ptA temperatura caiu para zero.
  • roTemperatura a scăzut la zero grade.
  • caLa temperatura va baixar a zero.
  • enThe temperature dropped to zero.

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