tempermental
/ˌtɛm.pɚˈmɛn.təl/adjective
tempermental is an adjective meaning “Misconstruction of temperamental” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled T-E-M-P-E-R-M-E-N-T-A-L and has 4 syllables, and it appears about once in every 98 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does tempermental mean?
adjective
- 1
Misconstruction of temperamental.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce tempermental?
- US /ˌtɛm.pɚˈmɛn.təl/
Tempermental has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of tempermental
- more tempermental comparative
- most tempermental superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is tempermental?
Tempermental appears about once in every 98 million words in written English, the 317,168th 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).
Where does tempermental come from?
From temperment + -al.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).