tempel

From Dutch tempel, from Middle Dutch tempel, from Latin templum.

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tempel (plural tempels, diminutive tempeltjie)

1. temple (religious building)

Borrowed from English temple.

tempel

1. temple

From Latin templum.

tempel n (singular definite tempelet or templet, plural indefinite templer)

1. temple (place of worship)

• “tempel” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Middle Dutch tempel, from Latin templum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛm.pəl/

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• Hyphenation: tem‧pel
• Rhymes: -ɛmpəl

tempel m (plural tempels or tempelen, diminutive tempeltje n)

1. (religion) a temple, building destined as place of worship; specifically:
   1. (Judaism) a Jewish synagogue

      Synonyms: (Ashkenazic) sjoel, (Sephardic) snoge, synagoge

   2. (Freemasonry) a masonic ceremonial meeting place, a lodge

      Synonyms: loge, werkplaats

• tempelier m

• Afrikaans: tempel
• Negerhollands: templ, tempel

From Malay tempel.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtəmpəl/ [ˈt̪əm.pəl], /ˈtɛmpɛl/ [ˈt̪em.pɛl]
• Rhymes: -əmpəl, -ɛmpɛl
• Syllabification: tem‧pel

têmpêl or tèmpèl

1. to stick; to adhere

• “tempel” 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.

From Latin templum.

tempel n (definite singular tempelet or templet, indefinite plural tempel or templer, definite plural templa or templene)

1. a temple (place of worship)

• “tempel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin templum.

tempel n (definite singular tempelet, indefinite plural tempel, definite plural templa)

1. a temple (place of worship)

• “tempel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• templ, tempil

From Proto-West Germanic *templ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtem.pel/

tempel n

1. temple
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Chair of Saint Peter"

     Nū wylle wē ēac ēow secgan hū hē sume dæġ ēode tō þām godes temple mid þām godspellere Iohanne...

     Now will we also tell you how on a certain day he went to God's temple with the evangelist John.

   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church, 1uoting "Circumdederunt me gemitus"

     Dēaþes ġeōmerunga mē beēodon, and helle sārnyssa mē beēodon, and iċ on mīnre ġedrefednysse Drihten clypode, and hē of his hālgan temple mīne stemne ġehyrde.

     The moaning of death surrounded me, and the pains of hell surrounded me, and in my distress I called out to the Lord, and from his holy temple he heard me.

Strong a-stem:

• ealh

• Middle English: tempel, temple
  • English: temple
  • Scots: tempil, tempill, temple

From Old Swedish tæmpel, from Latin templum.

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tempel n

1. a temple

• tempel in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• tempel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)