temperature A2 Topic:Weather & Climate 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. Thesaurus Word family Forms temperatures Derived forms biotemperaturecryotemperaturedistemperaturehumituremultitemperatureovertemperaturepalaeotemperaturepaleotemperatureroom-temperaturetemperaturaltemperaturelesstemperaturewise Related forms absolutealgidarcticbalmybenumbedbitterbleakboilingborealbriskbrumalchill Common collocations room temperature Noun + noun Etymology AI details Borrowed from Latin temperātūra (cf. also French température), from the past participle stem of tempero (“to temper”). Topics Weather & Climate External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 - Weather & Climate markdown