temperate

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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.

73 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: умерен (umeren) — moderate; not excessive heat, climate
• Catalan: temperat — moderate; not excessive heat, climate
• Chinese Mandarin: 溫和的 /温和的 (wēnhé de) — moderate; not excessive heat, climate
• Czech: mírný — moderate; not excessive heat, climate
• Finnish: kohtuullinen — moderate; not excessive heat, climate
• Finnish: lauhkea — moderate; not excessive heat, climate
• Finnish: maltillinen — moderate; not excessive heat, climate
• French: tempéré — moderate; not excessive heat, climate
• Georgian: ზომიერი (zomieri) — moderate; not excessive heat, climate
• German: gemäßigt — moderate; not excessive heat, climate
• Hindi: शीतोष्ण (śītoṣṇa) — moderate; not excessive heat, climate
• Hungarian: mérsékelt — moderate; not excessive heat, climate
• Ingrian: lauhkia — moderate; not excessive heat, climate
• Irish: séimh — moderate; not excessive heat, climate
• Italian: temperato — moderate; not excessive heat, climate
• Korean: 온화한 (onhwahan) — moderate; not excessive heat, climate
• Korean: 온난한 (onnanhan) — moderate; not excessive heat, climate
• Latin: modicus — moderate; not excessive heat, climate
• Macedonian: умерен (umeren) — moderate; not excessive heat, climate
• Māori: hātai — moderate; not excessive heat, climate
• Old English: ġemetegod — moderate; not excessive heat, climate
• Persian: معتدل (mo'tadel) — moderate; not excessive heat, climate
• Portuguese: temperado — moderate; not excessive heat, climate
• Portuguese: ameno — moderate; not excessive heat, climate
• Russian: уме́ренный (umérennyj) — moderate; not excessive heat, climate
• Spanish: templado — moderate; not excessive heat, climate
• Spanish: temperado — moderate; not excessive heat, climate
• Spanish: ameno — moderate; not excessive heat, climate
• Bulgarian: сдържан (sdǎržan) — not marked with passion
• Catalan: temperat — not marked with passion
• Czech: zdrženlivý — not marked with passion
• Finnish: lauhkea — not marked with passion
• Finnish: kohtuullinen — not marked with passion
• Finnish: hillitty — not marked with passion
• German: zurückhaltend — not marked with passion
• Hungarian: higgadt — not marked with passion
• Macedonian: умерен (umeren) — not marked with passion
• Macedonian: одмерен (odmeren) — not marked with passion
• Old English: ġemetegod — not marked with passion
• Portuguese: temperado — not marked with passion
• Russian: уме́ренный (umérennyj) — not marked with passion
• Russian: сде́ржанный (sdéržannyj) — not marked with passion
• Russian: возде́ржанный (vozdéržannyj) — not marked with passion
• Bulgarian: въздържан (vǎzdǎržan) — moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions
• Catalan: temperat — moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions
• Czech: umírněný — moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions
• Czech: střídmý — moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions
• Czech: zdrženlivý — moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions
• Finnish: kohtuullinen — moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions
• Finnish: hillitty — moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions
• Hungarian: mértéktartó — moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions
• Korean: 절제하는 (jeoljehaneun) — moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions
• Macedonian: умерен (umeren) — moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions
• Macedonian: одмерен (odmeren) — moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions
• Old English: ġemetegod — moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions
• Portuguese: temperado — moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions
• Portuguese: comedido — moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions
• Russian: уме́ренный (umérennyj) — moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions
• Russian: сде́ржанный (sdéržannyj) — moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions
• Russian: возде́ржанный (vozdéržannyj) — moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions
• Swedish: måttfull — moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions
• Turkish: perhizkâr — moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions
• Finnish: tyyni — proceeding from temperance
• Finnish: rauhaisa — proceeding from temperance
• Macedonian: умерен (umeren) — proceeding from temperance
• Russian: уме́ренный (umérennyj) — proceeding from temperance
• Swedish: måttfull — proceeding from temperance
• Chinese: 溫和的 /温和的 — (obsolete) to render temperate
• Finnish: rauhoittaa — (obsolete) to render temperate
• Finnish: lauhduttaa — (obsolete) to render temperate
• Finnish: tyynnyttää — (obsolete) to render temperate
• Korean: 진정시키다 (jinjeongsikida) — (obsolete) to render temperate
• Portuguese: amenizar — (obsolete) to render temperate