temp

See also: TEMP, tëmp, tẽmp, temp., and Temp.

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɛmp/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛmp

Etymology 1

Clipping of temperature.

Noun

temp (plural temps)

  1. Clipping of temperature.
    • 2018 February 8, Terry Liittschwager, chapter 30, in Wrongful Act‎[1], archived from the original on 23 November 2024:
      “All brake temps except the one are in the yellow and climbing. You'll get the warning light soon,” was the flight engineer's response. The one brake temp that was okay was the brake on the blown tire.
    • 2026 September 18, Octavio Peña, “A salmon dish as a last hurrah for summer produce”, in San Francisco Chronicle‎[2], archived from the original on 23 September 2026:
      A large 2-pound fillet can be baked at a lower temp to give the interior enough time to cook through without the outer layers turning into jerky.
Derived terms

Verb

temp (third-person singular simple present temps, present participle temping, simple past and past participle temped)

  1. To measure or check the temperature of something, especially food or equipment in a commercial kitchen.
    • 2023 February 25, r/KitchenConfidential‎[3] (Reddit post), archived from the original on 25 February 2023:
      The produce walk in is temping at between 42-46° and I let management know but nobody seemed too pressed about it. Days later it’s still the same problem
    • 2025 July 25, r/wholefoods‎[4] (Reddit post), archived from the original on 26 July 2025:
      Our dairy section coolers have been temping at 50 degrees for two hours and the product is temping at 45.

Etymology 2

See temp.

Adverb

temp (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of temp. (“in the time of”).

Etymology 3

Clipping of temporary.

Adjective

temp (not comparable)

  1. Abbreviation of temporary.
    • 2001, John Y. Hsu, Computer Architecture: Software Aspects, Coding, and Hardware:
      Consequently, the unit executes and places the result in a temp register.

Noun

temp (plural temps) (informal)

  1. Synonym of temporary (“short-term employee”).
  2. (programming) Synonym of temporary (“short-term variable”).
    • 2014, Andrew W. Appel, Program Logics for Certified Compilers, page 162:
      That is, r-values include numeric constants, nonaddressable local variables (temps) […]
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

temp (third-person singular simple present temps, present participle temping, simple past and past participle temped)

  1. (transitive, informal) To work as a temporary employee.
    • 2007, The Savages, 01:24:50
      --I temp for money, but it's not my main thing. I write plays.
Translations

Anagrams

Estonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtemp/, [ˈtempˑ]
  • Rhymes: -emp
  • Hyphenation: temp

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *tëmppu.

Noun

temp (genitive tembu, partitive tempu)

  1. trick, antic, an act of mischief
    Synonyms: koerus, koerustükk, tembutus, vigur
    Onu rääkis oma noorepõlve tempudest.
    My uncle talked about the antics of his youth.
  2. trick (entertaining difficult action)
    Synonyms: trikk, vigur
    Kloun tegi igasuguseid tempe, et rahvast lõbustada.
    The clown did all sorts of tricks to entertain the audience.
Declension
Declension of temp (ÕS type 22e/riik, p-b gradation)
singular plural
nominative temp tembud
accusative nom.
gen. tembu
genitive tempude
partitive tempu tempe
tempusid
illative tempu
tembusse 		tempudesse
tembesse
inessive tembus tempudes
tembes
elative tembust tempudest
tembest
allative tembule tempudele
tembele
adessive tembul tempudel
tembel
ablative tembult tempudelt
tembelt
translative tembuks tempudeks
tembeks
terminative tembuni tempudeni
essive tembuna tempudena
abessive tembuta tempudeta
comitative tembuga tempudega
Derived terms
adjectives
  • tembukas
verbs
  • tembutama
Compounds
  • hullutemp
  • karutemp
  • kiusutemp
  • koeratemp
  • lapsetemp
  • naljatemp
  • narritemp
  • noorustemp
  • nõiatemp
  • poisikesetemp
  • pärdikutemp
  • pätitemp
  • seatemp
  • sulitemp

Etymology 2

Most likely an irregular variant of the stem in tampima. It has also been thought to be borrowed from dialectal Latvian tempis or tempe, but it is more likely that the Latvian term has been borrowed from Estonian.

Noun

temp (genitive tembi, partitive tempi)

  1. (dialectal) a porridge-like dish containing crushed hemp seeds
    Synonym: kanepitemp
Declension
Declension of temp (ÕS type 22e/riik, p-b gradation)
singular plural
nominative temp tembid
accusative nom.
gen. tembi
genitive tempide
partitive tempi tempe
tempisid
illative tempi
tembisse 		tempidesse
tembesse
inessive tembis tempides
tembes
elative tembist tempidest
tembest
allative tembile tempidele
tembele
adessive tembil tempidel
tembel
ablative tembilt tempidelt
tembelt
translative tembiks tempideks
tembeks
terminative tembini tempideni
essive tembina tempidena
abessive tembita tempideta
comitative tembiga tempidega
Compounds
  • hernetemp
  • kanepitemp

Etymology 3

Clipping of temperatuur.

Noun

temp (genitive tembi, partitive tempi)

  1. (colloquial) temperature
    Synonym: temperatuur
Declension
Declension of temp (ÕS type 22e/riik, p-b gradation)
singular plural
nominative temp tembid
accusative nom.
gen. tembi
genitive tempide
partitive tempi tempe
tempisid
illative tempi
tembisse 		tempidesse
tembesse
inessive tembis tempides
tembes
elative tembist tempidest
tembest
allative tembile tempidele
tembele
adessive tembil tempidel
tembel
ablative tembilt tempidelt
tembelt
translative tembiks tempideks
tembeks
terminative tembini tempideni
essive tembina tempidena
abessive tembita tempideta
comitative tembiga tempidega

References

  • temp in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • “temp”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • “temp”, in [SP] Eesti keele sõnapered [Estonian Word Families] (in Estonian) (online version, continuously updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012–

Latvian

Verb

temp

  1. inflection of tempt:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian tempu and/or Italian tempo, both from Latin tempus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɛmp/
  • Rhymes: -ɛmp

Noun

temp m (plural tempijiet)

  1. weather
  2. (grammar) tense

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛmp/
  • Rhymes: -ɛmp
  • Syllabification: temp
  • Homophone: tęp

Noun

temp n

  1. genitive plural of tempo

Romansh

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

temp m (plural temps)

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

Swedish

Etymology

Clipping of temperatur (“temperature”).

Noun

temp c

  1. (colloquial, often in the definite "tempen") (body) temperature (as an indication of whether someone is sick)
    ta tempen på någon
    take someone's temperature
  2. (colloquial, figuratively, in "ta tempen") to probe, to take someone's pulse (ascertain a mood, thoughts, or the like)
    ta tempen på politikerna inför debatten
    see what the politicians are thinking/take the politicians' pulse prior to the debate

Declension

Declension of temp
nominative genitive
singular indefinite temp -
definite tempen -
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

References

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