temperament
/ˈtɛm.pə.ɹə.mənt/noun
temperament is spelled T-E-M-P-E-R-A-M-E-N-T: 11 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 18,064th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, temperament means “A person's usual manner of thinking, behaving or reacting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of temperament is temperaments.
How many letters and syllables are in temperament?
| Letters | 11: T-E-M-P-E-R-A-M-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.3 times per million words; the 18,064th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is temperament?
Temperament appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 18,064th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce temperament?
- UK /ˈtɛm.pə.ɹə.mənt/
- UK /ˈtɛm.pɹə.mənt/
- UK /ˈtɛm.pə.mənt/
Temperament has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-temperament.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of temperament
- temperaments plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does temperament mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person's usual manner of thinking, behaving or reacting.
- 2
A tendency to become irritable or angry.
- 3
The altering of certain intervals from their correct values in order to improve the moving from key to key.
- 4
Individual differences in behavior that are biologically based and are relatively independent of learning, system of values and attitudes.
- 5
obsoleteA moderate and proportionable mixture of elements or ingredients in a compound; the condition in which elements are mixed in their proper proportions.
If I will aske meere Philosophers, what the soule is, I shall finde amongst them, that will tell me, it is nothing, but the temperament and harmony, and just and equall composition of the Elements in the body, which produces all those facul
- 6
obsoleteAny state or condition as determined by the proportion of its ingredients or the manner in which they are mixed; consistence, composition; mixture.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Temperament in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | tempérament |
| German | Temperament, Charakter, Veranlagung , Stimmung |
| Portuguese | temperamento, índole |
| Spanish | temperamento |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does temperament come from?
Inherited from Middle English temperament, borrowed from Middle French tempérament, from Latin temperāmentum.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).