English Explanatory Dictionary

temperate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Moderate; not excessive.
  2. Specifically, moderate in temperature.
  3. Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions
  4. Proceeding from temperance.
  5. Dependent on life in a temperate climate.
verb
  1. To render temperate; to moderate

Pronunciation

/ˈtɛmpəɹət/ en-us-temperate.ogg

Word forms

temperate more temperate most temperate temperates temperating temperated

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

abstemious calm collected composed continent cool dispassionate inexcitable imperturbable regular sedate sober steady staid temperate undisturbed unexcitable unexcited unimpassioned unpassionate unperturbed unruffled unstirred unsusceptible measured mellow middle of the road mild moderate nonexcessive nonextreme nonfanatic proper reasonable reasonous tempered unexcessive unextreme abstentious abstinent spareful soften temper

Antonyms

excitable fanciful passionate tempestuous volatile wild

Related words

temper temperature orderly organized patient professional restrained serious stoic stoical

Derived words

temperate zone that part of the earth which lies between either tropic and the corresponding polar circle -- so called because the heat is less than in the torrid zone and the cold less than in the frigid zone temperate rainforest

Translations

Bulgarian: умерен Bulgarian: сдържан Catalan: temperat Chinese Mandarin: 溫和的 /温和的 Czech: mírný Czech: zdrženlivý Finnish: kohtuullinen Finnish: lauhkea Finnish: maltillinen Finnish: hillitty French: tempéré Georgian: ზომიერი German: gemäßigt German: zurückhaltend Hindi: शीतोष्ण Hungarian: mérsékelt Hungarian: higgadt Ingrian: lauhkia Irish: séimh Italian: temperato Korean: 온화한 Korean: 온난한 Latin: modicus Macedonian: умерен Macedonian: одмерен Māori: hātai Old English: ġemetegod Persian: معتدل Portuguese: temperado Portuguese: ameno Russian: уме́ренный Russian: сде́ржанный Russian: возде́ржанный Spanish: templado Spanish: temperado Spanish: ameno
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