température
French, noun/tɑ̃.pe.ʁa.tyʁ/
température is spelled T-E-M-P-É-R-A-T-U-R-E (11 letters) and appears 41 times per million words in written French, the 2,034th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Température is a French feminine noun meaning “temperature” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Degré de chaleur ou de froideur d’un corps ou d’un environnement”.
What does température mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetemperature
température corporelle
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Degré de chaleur ou de froideur d’un corps ou d’un environnement. 2. Degré de chaleur de l’atmosphère. 3. Fièvre, trop grande chaleur du corps humain. 4. Évaluation d’un niveau, d’une ambiance.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of température
- températures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce température?
- /tɑ̃.pe.ʁa.tyʁ/
- \tɑ̃.pe.ʁa.tyʁ\
- [tɑ̃peʁatyʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to température
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is température in French?
température appears 41 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).