Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word tempo. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in tempo.
Definitions and meaning of tempo
tempo
Etymology
Borrowed from Italiantempo, from Latintempus(“time”). Doublet of tense.
Pronunciation
(UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɛm.pəʊ/
Rhymes: -ɛmpəʊ
Noun
tempo (pluraltemposortempi)
A frequency or rate.
(chess) A move which is part of one's own plan or strategy and forces, e.g. by means of a check or attacking a piece, the opponent to make a move which is not bad but of no use (the player gains a tempo, the opponent loses a tempo), or equivalently a player achieves the same result in fewer moves by one approach rather than another.
(bridge) The timing advantage of being on lead, thus being first to initiate a strategy to develop tricks for one's side.
The timing of a particular event – earlier or later than in an alternative situation (as in chess example)
(music) The number of beats per minute in a piece of music; also, an indicative term denoting approximate rate of speed in written music (examples: allegro, andante)
(cycling) The steady pace set by the frontmost riders.
A small truck or cargo van with three or four wheels, commonly used for commercial transport and deliveries (particularly in Asian and African countries): a genericized trademark, originally associated with the manufacturer Vidal & Sohn Tempo-Werke GmbH.
(American football) A rapid rate of play by the offense resulting from reducing the amount of time which elapses after one play ends and the next starts.
A temporary carport.
Usage notes
The plural tempi is mostly used in the musical and chess worlds; other meanings generally have the plural tempos.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
one step ahead
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Italiantempo. Doublet of temps.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): (Central)[ˈtem.pu]
IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencian)[ˈtem.po]
Noun
tempom (pluraltempos)
(music)tempo
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Italiantempo.
Noun
tempon
speed, pace, rate
(music)tempo
(swimming) stroke
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
tempo in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
tempo in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from Italiantempo, from Latintempus(“time”).
Borrowed from Latintempus. Compare Italiantempo, Frenchtemps, Spanishtiempo, Russianтемп(tɛmp). Doublet of tempesto.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈtempo]
Audio:
Rhymes: -empo
Hyphenation: tem‧po
Noun
tempo (accusative singulartempon, pluraltempoj, accusative pluraltempojn)
time
(grammar) tense
Derived terms
Related terms
printempo
See also
fojo
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Italiantempo.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈtempo/, [ˈt̪e̞mpo̞]
Rhymes: -empo
Syllabification(key): tem‧po
Noun
tempo
(music) tempo
Declension
Less common:
Derived terms
Further reading
“tempo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
French
Noun
tempom (pluraltempos)
(music)tempo
References
“tempo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguesetempo, from Latintempus, from Proto-Indo-European*tempos(“stretch”), from the root *temp-(“to stretch, string”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): (western)[ˈt̪empʊ], (eastern)[ˈt̪ɛmpʊ]
Noun
tempom (pluraltempos)
time
O noso tempo comezou co big-bang ― Our time did star with the big bang.
season
É tempo de castañas! ― It's chestnut season!
age
Que tempo che ten a meniña? ― How old is your little daughter?
period
weather
Que tempo temos hoxe? ― What's the weather like today?
1433, A. Rodríguez González & J. Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 32:
afreto de vos Juan de Bayona, marineiro, besiño da villa de Pontevedra, que sodes presente, a barcha que dizen por nome San Salvador, que Deus salve, de que vos sodes mestre, para que prasendo a Deus, carrege ẽna dita barcha tres mill çeramis de millo, medidos por la medida dereita da praça da dita villa de Pontevedra, para a costa de Biscaya, a qual dita barcha deve de ser cargada do dito millo doje ata quinse dias segintes et dende partir con a boa ventura do primeiro boo tenpo que lle Deus der et en segimento de seu biajen ata o porto de Laredo et ende pousar ancla et estar tres dias hũu en pos de outro et enton devo eu, o dito mercador de dar devisa se iremos descargar aa vila de Vermeu ou aa vila de San Sabastian
I affreigt from you, Xoán de Baiona, sailor, citizen of the town of Pontevedra, here present, the ship called San Salvador, God bless her, whose master you are, for, if God pleases, loading aboard that ship three thousand bushels of millet, as measured by the right measure of the marketplace of the aforementioned town of Pontevedra, bound for the coast of Biscay; and the aforementioned ship must be loaded with the mentioned millet from today till fifteen next days, and then to depart with good winds during the first good weather God gives, and following her journey till the harbour of Laredo, and there to cast anchor and stay for three days in a row, and then I, the aforementioned merchant, should send a message of whether we should go unload at the town of Bermeo or at the town of San Sebastian.
(grammar) tense
Related terms
tempero
References
“tempo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
“tempo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
“tempo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“tempo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“tempo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Esperantotempo, Englishtempo, Frenchtemps, GermanTempus, Italiantempo, Russianтемп(temp), Spanishtiempo, from Latintempus.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈtempo/
Noun
tempo (pluraltempi)
time
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malaytempo, timpo, from Dutchtempo from Italiantempo, or from Portuguesetempo, ultimately from Latintempus(“time”), from Proto-Indo-European*tempos(“stretch”), from the root *temp-(“to stretch, string”).
“tempo” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Etymology
From Latintempus(“time”), from Proto-Indo-European*tempos(“stretch”), from the root *temp-(“to stretch, string”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈtɛm.po/
Rhymes: -ɛmpo
Hyphenation: tèm‧po
Noun
tempom (pluraltempi)
(uncountable) time
time, age, period
bei tempi! ― those were the days! (literally, “good times!”)
part (of a film, show, etc.)
primo tempo, secondo tempo ― first part, second part (of a film)
weather
Synonym:clima
tempo da lupi ― lousy weather (literally, “wolf-like weather”)
(music) time, tempo, rhythm, beat, pulse
(grammar) tense
tempo passato ― past tense
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
See also
crono-
Further reading
tempo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Ligurian
Etymology
From Latintempus(“time”), from Proto-Indo-European*tempos(“stretch”), from the root *temp-(“to stretch, string”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈteŋpu/
Noun
tempom (pluraltempi)
(uncountable)time
time, age, period
(uncountable)weather
(grammar) tense
Related terms
temporanio
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Italiantempo(“time, age, period, tense”), from Latintempus(“portion or period of time”), either from Proto-Indo-European*tempos(“to stretch, extend”), from *temp-(“to stretch, extend”), or from Proto-Indo-European*temh₂-(“to cut”).