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English

Ryusenji temple in Osaka, Japan.

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle English temple < Old English templ < Latin templum (“an open space, the circuit of the heavens, a consecrated place, a temple”), probably for *temulum akin to Ancient Greek τέμενος (témenos, “a piece of ground cut or marked off, a sacred inclosure”) < τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”).

Noun

temple (plural temples)

  1. A building for worship.
    "A temple of Zeus."
  2. (often capitalized) The Jewish temple of Jerusalem, first built by Solomon.
  3. (French), Sometimes used to describe a protestant church in French-speaking nations.
  4. Something regarded as holding religious presence.
  5. Something of importance; something attended to.
    My body is my temple.
  6. (obsolete) a body
    • 1602, Shakespeare, Hamlet, act 1, scene 3, lines 11–14:
      For nature crescent does not grow alone
      In thews and bulks, but as this temple waxes,
      The inward service of the mind and soul
      Grows wide withal.
Synonyms
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Translations
worship place
  • Albanian: tempull
  • Arabic: مَعْبَد (máʕbad) m., هَيْكَل (hájkal) m.
  • Armenian: տաճար (tač̣ar)
  • Basque: tenplu
  • Bosnian: hram bs(bs) m.
  • Bulgarian: храм bg(bg) (hram) m.
  • Burmese: please add this translation if you can
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 寺廟 cmn(cmn), 寺庙 cmn(cmn) (sìmiào), 寺 cmn(cmn) (sì)
  • Croatian: hram hr(hr) m.
  • Czech: chrám cs(cs) m.
  • Danish: tempel da(da) c.
  • Dutch: tempel nl(nl) m.
  • Esperanto: templo eo(eo)
  • Finnish: temppeli fi(fi)
  • French: temple fr(fr) m.
  • Georgian: ტაძარი (tadzari)
  • German: Tempel de(de) m.
  • Greek: ναός el(el) m. (naós)
  • Gujarati: મંદિર (ma.ndir) n.
  • Hawaiian: heiau
  • Hebrew: מִקְדָּשׁ he(he) (miqdash) m.
  • Hindi: मन्दिर hi(hi) (mandir) m.
  • Hungarian: templom hu(hu)
  • Icelandic: musteri is(is) n., hof is(is) n.
  • Ido: templo io(io)
  • Indonesian: kuil id(id)
  • Italian: tempio it(it) m.
  • Japanese: 神殿 (しんでん, shinden); Buddhist temple: 堂塔 (どうとう, dōtō), 寺 (てら, tera), 寺院 (じいん, jīn), (Shinto shrine) 神社 ja(ja) (じんじゃ, jinja)
  • Kannada: ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ kn(kn) (devasthana)
  • Khmer: វត្ត km(km) (wōat)
  • Korean: 절 (jeol), 사찰 (寺刹, sachal)
  • Kurdish: په‌رستگا
  • Lao: ວັດ (wad)
  • Latin: templum la(la)
  • Latvian: templis m.
  • Lithuanian: šventykla f.
  • Macedonian: храм mk(mk) (hram) m.
  • Malay: kuil ms(ms)
  • Malayalam: അംപലം ml(ml) (ambalam)
  • Maltese: tempju m., maqdes m.
  • Mongolian: сүм (süm)
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: tempel no(no) n.
    Nynorsk tempel nn(nn) n.
  • Old English: tempel ang(ang)
  • Persian: کده (kade)
  • Polish: świątynia pl(pl) f.
  • Portuguese: templo pt(pt) m.
  • Romani: khangeri f.
  • Russian: храм (xram) m.
  • Sanskrit: देवालयः (dēvālayah)
  • Serbian:
    Cyrillic: храм m., богомоља f.
    Roman: hram m., bogomolja f.
  • Slovak: chrám sk(sk) m.
  • Slovene: tempelj sl(sl) m.
  • Spanish: templo es(es) m.
  • Swahili: hekalu
  • Tamil: கோயில் (kōyil)
  • Telugu: కోవెల (kovela), ఆలయము (aalayamu), గుడి (gudi)
  • Thai: วัด th(th) (wát)
  • Turkish: tapınak tr(tr)
  • Urdu: مندر (mandir) m., معبد (maʿbad) m.
  • Vietnamese: đền vi(vi)
  • Welsh: teml
  • Yiddish: שול (shul, shil) f.
holding the religious presence
something of importance
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Etymology 2

Temple in anatomy

From Middle English temple < Old French temple < Latin tempora (“the temples”), plural of tempus (“temple, head, face”) (see "temporal bone")

Noun

temple (plural temples)

  1. (anatomy) The slightly flatter region, on either side of the head, back of the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch and in front of the ear.
  2. (ophthalmology) Either of the sidepieces on a set of spectacles, extending backwards from the hinge toward the ears and, usually, turning down around them.
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Translations
region of skull
  • Armenian: քունք (k'unk')
  • Bulgarian: слепоочие bg(bg) (slepoóčie) n.
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 顳顬 cmn(cmn), 颞颥 cmn(cmn) (nièrú)
  • Czech: spánek cs(cs) m.
  • Danish: tinding da(da) m.
  • Dutch: slaap nl(nl) m.
  • Esperanto: tempio eo(eo)
  • Finnish: ohimo fi(fi)
  • French: tempe fr(fr) f.
  • Georgian: საფეთქელი (sap‘et‘k‘eli)
  • German: Schläfe de(de) f.
  • Greek: κρόταφος el(el) m.
  • Hebrew: רקה he(he) (raka) f.
  • Hungarian: halánték hu(hu)
  • Icelandic: gagnauga is(is) n.
  • Ido: temporo io(io)
  • Italian: tempia it(it) f.
  • Japanese: 蟀谷 or 顳顬 (こめかみ, komekami)
  • Korean: 관자놀이 (gwanjanoli)
  • Macedonian: слепоочница mk(mk) (slepoóčnica) f.
  • Maltese: ngħas m.
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: tinning no(no) m.
    Nynorsk: tinning nn(nn) m.
  • Old English: tempel ang(ang)
  • Old Norse: þunnvangi
  • Polish: skroń pl(pl) f.
  • Portuguese: têmpora pt(pt) f.
  • Romani: korrijakh f.
  • Romanian: tâmplă ro(ro)
  • Russian: висок ru(ru) (visók) m.
  • Sallands: dunegge
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    • Cyrillic: слепоочница f.
    • Roman: slepoočnica f.
  • Slovak: slucha sk(sk) f.
  • Slovene: sence sl(sl) n.
  • Spanish: sien es(es) f.
  • Tamil: நெற்றி ta(ta) (netri)
  • !Xóõ: ʘqʻûbe tshôe

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Pronunciation

Noun

temple m. (plural temples)

  1. temple (for worship)

Old French

Etymology

Latin tempus.

Noun

temple m. (oblique plural temples, nominative singular temples, nominative plural temple)

  1. (anatomy) temple

Descendants

Spanish

Verb

temple (infinitive templar)

  1. formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of templar.
  2. first-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of templar.
  3. formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of templar.
  4. third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of templar.

 

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