temperature

A2 Topic:Physics

US /ˈtɛm.pəɹˌt͡ʃɚ/ UK /ˈtɛmp(ə)ɹət͡ʃə(ɹ)/ See IPA manual

Freq #3165

Meanings

1

noun
A measure of how hot or cold something is.

Water boils at a temperature of 100 degrees Celsius.
2

noun
A body temperature higher than normal, usually a sign of illness; a fever.

You have a temperature, so you should stay home and rest.

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Word family

Forms temperatures

Derived forms biotemperaturecryotemperaturedistemperaturehumituremultitemperatureovertemperaturepalaeotemperaturepaleotemperatureroom-temperaturetemperaturaltemperaturelesstemperaturewise

Related forms absolute algid arctic balmy benumbed bitter bleak boiling boreal brisk brumal chill

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room temperature
the usual temperature inside an occupied room

Noun + noun

Simplified etymology

Temperature comes from Latin temperatura, from temperare “to restrain.” It originally described the state of being tempered or mixed and later the combination of bodily humours or a state of mind. Its modern sense relating to the intensity of heat dates from the late 17th century.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin temperātūra (cf. also French température), from the past participle stem of tempero (“to temper”).

Topics

Physics Weather & Climate

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# temperature

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈtɛm.pəɹˌt͡ʃɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈtɛmp(ə)ɹət͡ʃə(ɹ)/
**Frequency rank:** 3165

## Meanings
1. A measure of how hot or cold something is.
2. A body temperature higher than normal, usually a sign of illness; a fever.

## Examples
- Water boils at a temperature of 100 degrees Celsius.
- You have a temperature, so you should stay home and rest.

## Derived Forms
- biotemperature
- cryotemperature
- distemperature
- humiture
- multitemperature
- overtemperature
- palaeotemperature
- paleotemperature
- room-temperature
- temperatural
- temperatureless
- temperaturewise

## Related Forms
- absolute
- algid
- arctic
- balmy
- benumbed
- bitter
- bleak
- boiling
- boreal
- brisk
- brumal
- chill

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin temperātūra (cf. also French température), from the past participle stem of tempero (“to temper”).

## AI Etymology
Temperature is borrowed from Latin temperātūra (cf. also French température), from the past participle stem of tempero (“to temper”). In present-day use, it can mean a measure of how hot or cold something is, or a body temperature higher than normal, usually a sign of illness; a fever. Derived formations include biotemperature, cryotemperature, distemperature, humiture, multitemperature.

## Topics
- Physics
- Weather & Climate

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