temperate

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. Moderate; not excessive.
2. Moderate; not excessive.
3. Moderate; not excessive.
4. Proceeding from temperance.
5. Dependent on life in a temperate climate.

Verb

To render temperate; to moderate

Concepts

tempéré

sobre

doux

modéré

tempérant

frugal

Synonymes

moderate

mild

abstemious

frugal

abstinent

warm

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medium

restrained

economical

sparing

gentle

reserved

sober

middle-of-the-road

clement

average

self-contained

self-restrained

lukewarm

tepid

reasonable

passable

measurable

mediocre

meek

middling

modest

normal

offish

placable

quiet

regular

regulated

reticent

review

sedate

sensible

sober-minded

soft

staid

subdued

tempered

tender

tolerable

tolerant

typical

undemonstrative

understated

unostentatious

unpretending

Traductions

sober

matig

templado

moderado

bezadigd

gemäßigt

temperat

temperado

temperato

moderato

εγκρατής

gematigd

nuchter

moderat

μετρημένος

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈtɛmpəɹət/

Étymologie (Anglais)

The adjective is first attested in 1380, in Middle English, the verb in 1540; borrowed from Latin temperātus, perfect passive participle of temperō (“to moderate, forbear, combine properly”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix). See temper. Displaced native Old English ġemetegod.