"tempera" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtem.pe.ra/, /ˈtɛm.pe.ra/ Forms: tempere [plural]
Rhymes: -empera, (traditional) -ɛmpera Etymology: Deverbal from temperare + -a. Etymology templates: {{it-deverbal|temperare}} Deverbal from temperare + -a Head templates: {{it-noun|f}} tempera f (plural tempere)
  1. (painting) tempera (a water-based paint) Tags: feminine Coordinate_terms: acquerello, guazzo
    Sense id: en-tempera-it-noun-1Wsg7wHR Categories (other): Painting, Italian deverbals, Italian terms suffixed with -a (deverbal) Disambiguation of Italian deverbals: 61 10 28 Disambiguation of Italian terms suffixed with -a (deverbal): 40 23 38
  2. (by extension, countable) tempera painting Tags: broadly, countable, feminine
    Sense id: en-tempera-it-noun-9b0g-bXW Categories (other): Italian terms suffixed with -a (deverbal) Disambiguation of Italian terms suffixed with -a (deverbal): 40 23 38
  3. alternative form of tempra (tempering, hardening) Tags: alt-of, alternative, feminine Alternative form of: tempra (extra: tempering, hardening)
    Sense id: en-tempera-it-noun-0Rr1J3sh Categories (other): Italian terms suffixed with -a (deverbal) Disambiguation of Italian terms suffixed with -a (deverbal): 40 23 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈtem.pe.ra/, /ˈtɛm.pe.ra/
Rhymes: -empera, (traditional) -ɛmpera Head templates: {{head|it|verb form}} tempera
  1. inflection of temperare:
    third-person singular present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: temperare
    Sense id: en-tempera-it-verb-f6rW-t9c Categories (other): Pages with entries, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Art Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 0 9 4 0 6 9 9 1 2 0 0 9 1 4 4 0 5 9 1 8 9 1 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 14 4 6 62 14 Disambiguation of Art: 17 0 1 83 0
  2. inflection of temperare:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: temperare
    Sense id: en-tempera-it-verb-alcc1R65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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