tempora - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

From Latin tempora, plural of tempus (“time; period”). Cognate to Spanish témporas, Portuguese têmpora.

• IPA(key): /ˈtɛm.po.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɛmpora
• Hyphenation: tèm‧po‧ra

tempora f pl (plural only)

1. (Roman Catholicism, historical) Ember days: days of fasting formerly prescribed for the Wednesday, Friday and Saturday of the first week of each season

• tempo (see there for more)
• temporale
• (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈtem.po.ra/, [ˈt̪ɛmpɔrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtem.po.ra/, [ˈt̪ɛmporä]

tempora

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of tempus

tempora n

1. (non-standard since 2012) indefinite plural of tempus
2. (non-standard since 2012) definite plural of tempus

tempora f (plural temporas)

1. Obsolete spelling of têmpora.