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temporel

French, adjective\tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁɛl\

temporel is spelled T-E-M-P-O-R-E-L (8 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written French, the 15,113th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Temporel is a French adjective meaning “time, temporal, time-related” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif au temps”.

What does temporel mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    time, temporal, time-related

    capsule temporelle

  2. 2

    temporal, worldly

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Relatif au temps. 2. Qui passe avec le temps, périssable. 3. Qui est séculier ; qui concerne les choses matérielles.

noun: 1. Revenu qu’un ecclésiastique tirait de son bénéfice, de ses fonctions. 2. Puissance des rois. 3. Ce qui concerne les choses pratiques de la vie. 4. Ce qui ne relève pas de la religion, voire de la spiritualité, dans la société.

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 temporel

  • temporelle feminine
  • temporels masculine plural
  • temporelles feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce temporel?

  • \tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁɛl\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to temporel

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is temporel in French?

temporel appears 3.2 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).

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