"tempera" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɛmpəɹə/ Forms: temperas [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Italian temperabor. English tempera Borrowed from Italian tempera. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|it:tempera|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Italian temperabor. English tempera [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "tempera", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "it" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "tempera", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="tempera"> Borrowed from 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 Coordinate_terms: oil paint
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  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), tempera [feminine] (Romanian), те́мпера (témpera) [feminine] (Russian), témpera [feminine] (Spanish), temple [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-tempera-en-noun-pHTFefoc Categories (other): Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Romanian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 41 11 48 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 41 11 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 41 11 48 Disambiguation of 'painting medium, artistic technique': 4 65 31
  3. (countable) A painting done in this medium. Tags: countable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tempera grassa

Inflected forms

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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "témpera",
      "sense": "painting medium, artistic technique",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "те́мпера"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "painting medium, artistic technique",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "témpera"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "painting medium, artistic technique",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "temple"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tempera"
}

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