temps fort
French, noun/tɑ̃ fɔʁ/
temps fort is spelled T-E-M-P-S-F-O-R-T (9 letters). Temps fort is a French masculine noun meaning “downbeat (accented beat at the beginning of a bar)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Temps de la mesure sur lequel le son est plus accentué, plus marqué”.
What does temps fort mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedownbeat (accented beat at the beginning of a bar)
- 2
masculinehighlight
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Temps de la mesure sur lequel le son est plus accentué, plus marqué. 2. Syllabe tonique prononcée avec plus d’intensité que les autres. 3. Moment, évènement important ou intéressant.
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 temps fort
- temps forts plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce temps fort?
- /tɑ̃ fɔʁ/
- \tɑ̃ fɔʁ\
- [tɑ̃ fɔʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to temps fort
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.