See temperamental in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish temperament\nProto-Indo-European *h₂el-\nProto-Indo-European *-is\nProto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?\nProto-Italic *-ālis\nLatin -ālislbor.\nOld French -albor.\n▲\nLatin -ālis\nOld French -elbor.\n▲\nLatin -ālisbor.\nMiddle English -al\nEnglish -al\nEnglish temperamental\nFrom temperament + -al.",
"name": "ety"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nEnglish temperament\nProto-Indo-European *h₂el-\nProto-Indo-European *-is\nProto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?\nProto-Italic *-ālis\nLatin -ālislbor.\nOld French -albor.\n▲\nLatin -ālis\nOld French -elbor.\n▲\nLatin -ālisbor.\nMiddle English -al\nEnglish -al\nEnglish temperamental\nFrom temperament + -al.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more temperamental",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most temperamental",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "temperamental (comparative more temperamental, superlative most temperamental)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Of, related to, or caused by temperament."
],
"links": [
[
"temperament",
"temperament"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(not comparable) Of, related to, or caused by temperament."
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Subject to changing and unpredictable emotional states; moody, capricious."
],
"links": [
[
"changing",
"changing"
],
[
"unpredictable",
"unpredictable"
],
[
"emotional",
"emotional"
],
[
"state",
"state"
],
[
"moody",
"moody"
],
[
"capricious",
"capricious"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"User-unfriendly, unstable, that is complicated or has poorly written instructions and is subsequently difficult to operate; unpredictable and erratic."
],
"links": [
[
"machine",
"machine"
],
[
"software",
"software"
],
[
"User-unfriendly",
"user-unfriendly"
],
[
"unstable",
"unstable"
],
[
"complicated",
"complicated"
],
[
"instruction",
"instruction"
],
[
"operate",
"operate"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(of a machine or of software, figuratively) User-unfriendly, unstable, that is complicated or has poorly written instructions and is subsequently difficult to operate; unpredictable and erratic."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of a machine or of software"
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˌtɛm.pəɹ.əˈmɛn.təl/"
},
{
"ipa": "/-pə.ɹə-/"
},
{
"ipa": "/-pɹə-/"
},
{
"ipa": "/-pə(ɹ)-/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-temperamental.wav",
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"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛntəl"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "emotional or moody, inconsistent",
"word": "náladový"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "emotional or moody, inconsistent",
"word": "vrtošivý"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"lang_code": "da",
"sense": "emotional or moody, inconsistent",
"word": "temperamentsfuld"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "emotional or moody, inconsistent",
"word": "temperamenttinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "emotional or moody, inconsistent",
"word": "oikutteleva"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "emotional or moody, inconsistent",
"word": "caractériel"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"lang_code": "mk",
"roman": "ízbuvliv",
"sense": "emotional or moody, inconsistent",
"word": "и́збувлив"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"lang_code": "mk",
"roman": "temperaménten",
"sense": "emotional or moody, inconsistent",
"word": "темпераме́нтен"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Māori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "emotional or moody, inconsistent",
"word": "hārakiraki"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Māori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "emotional or moody, inconsistent",
"word": "hūkokikoki"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"sense": "emotional or moody, inconsistent",
"word": "temperamentsfull"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"sense": "emotional or moody, inconsistent",
"word": "temperamentsfull"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "emotional or moody, inconsistent",
"word": "kapryśny"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "emotional or moody, inconsistent",
"word": "temperamentny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "emotional or moody, inconsistent",
"word": "temperamental"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "emotional or moody, inconsistent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "temperamental"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"lang_code": "sk",
"sense": "emotional or moody, inconsistent",
"word": "náladový"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "emotional or moody, inconsistent",
"word": "temperamental"
}
],
"word": "temperamental"
}
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