"tempera" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɛmpəɹə/ Forms: temperas [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian tempera. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|tempera}} Italian tempera Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} tempera (countable and uncountable, plural temperas)
  1. (uncountable) A paint in which the pigments are suspended in a water-soluble emulsion, such as of egg yolk or gelatine, which hardens and becomes insoluble on exposure to air. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-tempera-en-noun-A7EPe-~x Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 44 5 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 45 7 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 46 7 47
  2. (uncountable) The artistic technique of painting in this medium. Tags: uncountable Translations (painting medium, artistic technique): 蛋彩畫 /蛋彩画 (dàncǎihuà) (Chinese Mandarin), tempera (english: medium) (Finnish), temperamaalaus (english: technique) (Finnish), tempera [feminine] (French), tempéra [feminine] (French), Tempera [feminine] (German), τέμπερα (témpera) [feminine] (Greek), tempera [feminine] (Italian), tempera [feminine] (Polish), têmpera [feminine] (Portuguese), témpera [feminine] (Spanish), temple [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-tempera-en-noun-pHTFefoc Disambiguation of 'painting medium, artistic technique': 4 61 35
  3. (countable) A painting done in this medium. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-tempera-en-noun-bDFNWZKZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 3 57 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 44 5 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 41 8 51 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 41 7 52 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 41 8 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 45 7 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 42 6 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 46 7 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 39 9 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 38 8 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 38 5 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tempera grassa

Inflected forms

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