tempo

See also: Tempo and tempó

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English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Tempo (disambiguation)

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛm.pəʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛm.poʊ/
• Rhymes: -ɛmpəʊ

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian tempo, from Latin tempus (“time”). Doublet of tense.

(truck or cargo van): A genericized trademark, originally associated with the manufacturer Vidal & Sohn Tempo-Werke GmbH.

Noun

tempo (plural tempos or tempi)

1. A frequency or rate.

   10 calls per hour isn't a bad start, but we'll need to up the tempo if we want to reach our target of selling insurance policies.

2. (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.
3. (bridge) The timing advantage of being on lead, thus being first to initiate a strategy to develop tricks for one's side.
4. The timing of a particular event – earlier or later than in an alternative situation (as in chess example)
5. (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)
6. (cycling) The steady pace set by the frontmost riders.
8. A small truck or cargo van with three or four wheels, commonly used for commercial transport and deliveries (particularly in Asian and African countries).
9. (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.

Usage notes

The plural tempi is mostly used in the musical and chess worlds; other meanings generally have the plural tempos.

Derived terms

• high-tempo
• l'istesso tempo
• tempo mark
• tempo rubato

Translations

frequency or rate

Afrikaans: tempo Belarusian: тэмп m (temp) Bulgarian: темпо (bg) n (tempo) Danish: tempo (da) n Finnish: tahti (fi), tempo (fi) French: tempo (fr) m German: Tempo (de) n Greek: ρυθμός (el) m (rythmós) Italian: ritmo (it) m Maori: tukituki, whakataki Norwegian: Bokmål: tempo (no) n Nynorsk: tempo n Polish: tempo (pl) n Russian: темп (ru) m (tɛmp) Spanish: tempo (es) m Ukrainian: темп m (temp)

chess: type of move

Finnish: tempo (fi) Spanish: tempo (es) m

bridge: timing advantage of being on lead

Bulgarian: темпо (bg) n (tempo)

timing of a particular event

Afrikaans: tempo Finnish: ajoitus (fi)

music: number of beats per minute

Afrikaans: tempo Belarusian: тэмп m (temp) Bulgarian: те́мпо (bg) n (témpo) Chinese: Mandarin: 拍子 (zh) (pāizǐ), （音乐的）速度 (zh) (sùdù) Finnish: tempo (fi) French: tempo (fr) m German: Tempo (de) n Greek: ρυθμός (el) m (rythmós) Hebrew: קֶצֶב (he) m Hindi: लय (hi) (lay) Indonesian: tempo (id) Italian: tempo (it) m Japanese: テンポ (ja) (tenpo) Korean: 템포 (tempo) Latin: temporum intervalla n pl Malay: tempo Maori: taki Norwegian: Bokmål: tempo (no) n Nynorsk: tempo n Polish: tempo (pl) n Russian: темп (ru) m (tɛmp) Spanish: tempo (es) m Swedish: tempo (sv) n Tamil: தாப்பு (ta) (tāppu) Thai: เทมโป (tem-bpoo) Ukrainian: темп m (temp) Vietnamese: nhịp độ (vi)

cycling: steady pace set by the frontmost riders

Afrikaans: tempo Finnish: tempo (fi) Spanish: tempo (es) m

small truck or cargo van

Finnish: tavaramopo

American football: rapid rate of play by the offense

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Dutch: (1,3) (please verify) tempo (nl) n German: (1,2,3) (please verify) Tempo (de) n

See also

• one step ahead

Etymology 2

Clipping of temporary.

Noun

tempo (plural tempos)

1. A temporary carport.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tempo. Doublet of temps.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈtem.pu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈtem.po]

Noun

tempo m (plural tempos)

1. (music) tempo

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tempo.

Noun

tempo n

1. speed, pace, rate
2. (music) tempo
3. (swimming) stroke

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “tempo”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “tempo”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

tempo

Wikipedia ^da

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tempo, from Latin tempus (“time”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛmpo/, [ˈtˢɛmpʰo], [ˈtˢɛmb̥o]

Noun

tempo n (singular definite tempoet, plural indefinite tempoer or tempi)

1. pace
2. rate
3. tempo
4. stage

Inflection

Declension of tempo

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tempo	tempoet	tempoer tempi	tempoerne tempiene
genitive	tempos	tempoets	tempoers tempis	tempoernes tempienes

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

tempo

Wikipedia ^nl

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tempo, from Latin tempus (“time”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛm.poː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: tem‧po

Noun

tempo n (plural tempo's or tempi, diminutive tempootje n)

1. tempo (pace, relative speed)

   Synonym: snelheid

2. (music) tempo, time
3. (obsolete) moment in time

   Synonyms: ogenblik, tijdstip

Derived terms

• looptempo
• recordtempo
• sneltempo
• tempowinst
• wandeltempo

Related terms

• tempo doeloe
• temporaal
• temporeel

Descendants

• → Indonesian: tempo

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tempus. Compare Italian tempo, French temps, Spanish tiempo, Russian темп (tɛmp). Doublet of tempesto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtempo/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -empo
• Hyphenation: tem‧po

Noun

tempo (accusative singular tempon, plural tempoj, accusative plural tempojn)

1. time
   • 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, Proverbaro Esperanta‎:

     La tempo ĉiam malkaŝas la veron.

     Time always reveals the truth.

2. (grammar) tense
   • 1903, Paŭlo Fruictier, Esperanta sintakso, page 49:

     Per estonta tempo (os) oni esprimas tion, kio okazos.

     One uses the future tense (os) to express what will happen.

Derived terms

• antaŭtempa (“premature, untimely”)
• nuntempe (“current, contemporary”)
• samtempe (“at the same time, simultaneously”)
• spactempo (“space-time”)
• tiutempe (“at that time”)

Related terms

• printempo

See also

• fojo

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tempo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtempo/, [ˈt̪e̞mpo̞]
• Rhymes: -empo
• Syllabification^(key): tem‧po
• Hyphenation^(key): tem‧po

Noun

tempo

1. (music) tempo

Declension

Inflection of tempo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		tempo	tempot
genitive		tempon	tempojen
partitive		tempoa	tempoja
illative		tempoon	tempoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		tempo	tempot
accusative	nom.	tempo	tempot
	gen.	tempon
genitive		tempon	tempojen
partitive		tempoa	tempoja
inessive		tempossa	tempoissa
elative		temposta	tempoista
illative		tempoon	tempoihin
adessive		tempolla	tempoilla
ablative		tempolta	tempoilta
allative		tempolle	tempoille
essive		tempona	tempoina
translative		tempoksi	tempoiksi
abessive		tempotta	tempoitta
instructive		—	tempoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of tempo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative temponi temponi accusative nom. temponi temponi gen. temponi genitive temponi tempojeni partitive tempoani tempojani inessive tempossani tempoissani elative tempostani tempoistani illative tempooni tempoihini adessive tempollani tempoillani ablative tempoltani tempoiltani allative tempolleni tempoilleni essive temponani tempoinani translative tempokseni tempoikseni abessive tempottani tempoittani instructive — — comitative — tempoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative temposi temposi accusative nom. temposi temposi gen. temposi genitive temposi tempojesi partitive tempoasi tempojasi inessive tempossasi tempoissasi elative tempostasi tempoistasi illative tempoosi tempoihisi adessive tempollasi tempoillasi ablative tempoltasi tempoiltasi allative tempollesi tempoillesi essive temponasi tempoinasi translative tempoksesi tempoiksesi abessive tempottasi tempoittasi instructive — — comitative — tempoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative tempomme tempomme accusative nom. tempomme tempomme gen. tempomme genitive tempomme tempojemme partitive tempoamme tempojamme inessive tempossamme tempoissamme elative tempostamme tempoistamme illative tempoomme tempoihimme adessive tempollamme tempoillamme ablative tempoltamme tempoiltamme allative tempollemme tempoillemme essive temponamme tempoinamme translative tempoksemme tempoiksemme abessive tempottamme tempoittamme instructive — — comitative — tempoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative temponne temponne accusative nom. temponne temponne gen. temponne genitive temponne tempojenne partitive tempoanne tempojanne inessive tempossanne tempoissanne elative tempostanne tempoistanne illative tempoonne tempoihinne adessive tempollanne tempoillanne ablative tempoltanne tempoiltanne allative tempollenne tempoillenne essive temponanne tempoinanne translative tempoksenne tempoiksenne abessive tempottanne tempoittanne instructive — — comitative — tempoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative temponsa temponsa accusative nom. temponsa temponsa gen. temponsa genitive temponsa tempojensa partitive tempoaan tempoansa tempojaan tempojansa inessive tempossaan tempossansa tempoissaan tempoissansa elative tempostaan tempostansa tempoistaan tempoistansa illative tempoonsa tempoihinsa adessive tempollaan tempollansa tempoillaan tempoillansa ablative tempoltaan tempoltansa tempoiltaan tempoiltansa allative tempolleen tempollensa tempoilleen tempoillensa essive temponaan temponansa tempoinaan tempoinansa translative tempokseen tempoksensa tempoikseen tempoiksensa abessive tempottaan tempottansa tempoittaan tempoittansa instructive — — comitative — tempoineen tempoinensa

Less common:

Inflection of tempo (Kotus type 1*H/valo, mp-mm gradation)
nominative		tempo	temmot
genitive		temmon	tempojen
partitive		tempoa	tempoja
illative		tempoon	tempoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		tempo	temmot
accusative	nom.	tempo	temmot
	gen.	temmon
genitive		temmon	tempojen
partitive		tempoa	tempoja
inessive		temmossa	temmoissa
elative		temmosta	temmoista
illative		tempoon	tempoihin
adessive		temmolla	temmoilla
ablative		temmolta	temmoilta
allative		temmolle	temmoille
essive		tempona	tempoina
translative		temmoksi	temmoiksi
abessive		temmotta	temmoitta
instructive		—	temmoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of tempo (Kotus type 1*H/valo, mp-mm gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative temponi temponi accusative nom. temponi temponi gen. temponi genitive temponi tempojeni partitive tempoani tempojani inessive temmossani temmoissani elative temmostani temmoistani illative tempooni tempoihini adessive temmollani temmoillani ablative temmoltani temmoiltani allative temmolleni temmoilleni essive temponani tempoinani translative temmokseni temmoikseni abessive temmottani temmoittani instructive — — comitative — tempoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative temposi temposi accusative nom. temposi temposi gen. temposi genitive temposi tempojesi partitive tempoasi tempojasi inessive temmossasi temmoissasi elative temmostasi temmoistasi illative tempoosi tempoihisi adessive temmollasi temmoillasi ablative temmoltasi temmoiltasi allative temmollesi temmoillesi essive temponasi tempoinasi translative temmoksesi temmoiksesi abessive temmottasi temmoittasi instructive — — comitative — tempoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative tempomme tempomme accusative nom. tempomme tempomme gen. tempomme genitive tempomme tempojemme partitive tempoamme tempojamme inessive temmossamme temmoissamme elative temmostamme temmoistamme illative tempoomme tempoihimme adessive temmollamme temmoillamme ablative temmoltamme temmoiltamme allative temmollemme temmoillemme essive temponamme tempoinamme translative temmoksemme temmoiksemme abessive temmottamme temmoittamme instructive — — comitative — tempoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative temponne temponne accusative nom. temponne temponne gen. temponne genitive temponne tempojenne partitive tempoanne tempojanne inessive temmossanne temmoissanne elative temmostanne temmoistanne illative tempoonne tempoihinne adessive temmollanne temmoillanne ablative temmoltanne temmoiltanne allative temmollenne temmoillenne essive temponanne tempoinanne translative temmoksenne temmoiksenne abessive temmottanne temmoittanne instructive — — comitative — tempoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative temponsa temponsa accusative nom. temponsa temponsa gen. temponsa genitive temponsa tempojensa partitive tempoaan tempoansa tempojaan tempojansa inessive temmossaan temmossansa temmoissaan temmoissansa elative temmostaan temmostansa temmoistaan temmoistansa illative tempoonsa tempoihinsa adessive temmollaan temmollansa temmoillaan temmoillansa ablative temmoltaan temmoltansa temmoiltaan temmoiltansa allative temmolleen temmollensa temmoilleen temmoillensa essive temponaan temponansa tempoinaan tempoinansa translative temmokseen temmoksensa temmoikseen temmoiksensa abessive temmottaan temmottansa temmoittaan temmoittansa instructive — — comitative — tempoineen tempoinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• hidastempoinen
• nopeatempoinen
• tempomerkintä
• työtempo

Further reading

• “tempo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

French

Noun

tempo m (plural tempos)

1. (music) tempo

References

• “tempo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese tempo, from Latin tempus, from Proto-Indo-European *tempos (“stretch”), from the root *temp- (“to stretch, string”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (western) /ˈtempo/ [ˈt̪em.pʊ]
  • Rhymes: -empo
• IPA^(key): (eastern) /ˈtɛmpo/ [ˈt̪ɛm.pʊ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛmpo
• Hyphenation: tem‧po

Noun

tempo m (plural tempos)

1. time

   O noso tempo comezou co big-bang ― Our time did star with the big bang.

2. season

   É tempo de castañas! ― It's chestnut season!

3. age

   Que tempo che ten a meniña? ― How old is your little daughter?

4. period
5. 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.

6. (grammar) tense

Related terms

• tempero

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022), “tempo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018), “tempo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tempo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tempo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tempo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto tempo, English tempo, French temps, German Tempus, Italian tempo, Russian темп (temp), Spanish tiempo, from Latin tempus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtempo/

Noun

tempo (plural tempi)

1. time

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

tempo

Wikipedia ^id

Alternative forms

• tempoh (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Etymology

From Malay tempoh, timpo, from Dutch tempo from Italian tempo, or from Portuguese tempo, ultimately from Latin tempus (“time”), from Proto-Indo-European *tempos (“stretch”), from the root *temp- (“to stretch, string”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtem.po/
• Hyphenation: tém‧po

Noun

témpo (plural tempo-tempo)

1. tempo
2. time

   Synonyms: masa, waktu

3. opportunity

   Synonym: kesempatan

4. deadline

   Synonyms: batas waktu, tenggat

Conjunction

tempo

1. (slightly dated or uncommon) when

   Synonyms: ketika, saat

Derived terms

• tempo dulu
• tempo hari
• tempo-tempo

Further reading

• “tempo” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.