temple

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From Middle English temple, from Old English templ, tempel, borrowed from Latin templum (“shrine, temple, area for auspices”). Compare Old High German tempal (“temple”), also a borrowing from the Latin. Displaced native Old English ealh.

From Middle English temple, from Old French temple, from Vulgar Latin *temp(u)la, from Latin tempora (“the temples”), plural of tempus (“temple, head, face”). See temporal bone.

Borrowed from Latin templum (“a small timber, a purlin”); compare templet and template.

370 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: tempel — the chief temple to YHWH in Jerusalem
• Dutch: tempel — the chief temple to YHWH in Jerusalem
• French: Temple — the chief temple to YHWH in Jerusalem
• German: Tempel — the chief temple to YHWH in Jerusalem
• Ancient Greek: ἱερόν (hierón) — the chief temple to YHWH in Jerusalem
• Hebrew: בית המקדש — the chief temple to YHWH in Jerusalem
• Hebrew: הֵיכָל (hēchál) — the chief temple to YHWH in Jerusalem
• Hungarian: templom — the chief temple to YHWH in Jerusalem
• Latin: templum — the chief temple to YHWH in Jerusalem
• Plautdietsch: Tempel — the chief temple to YHWH in Jerusalem
• Swahili: Hekalu — the chief temple to YHWH in Jerusalem
• Yiddish: בית המקדש (beys hamikdesh) — the chief temple to YHWH in Jerusalem
• Abkhaz: аны́хабаа (anə́xabaa) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Afrikaans: tempel — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Aghwan: 𐕊𐔰𐕜𐔰𐕙 (č̣aṭar) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Akkadian: nakkaptum — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Albanian: faltore — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Albanian: tempull — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Amharic: ቤተ መቅደስ (betä mäḳdäs) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Western Apache: kįh biyiʼ daʼchʼokąąhí — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Arabic: مَعْبَد (maʕbad) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Arabic: هَيْكَل (haykal) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Arabic: معبد (maʕbad) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Armenian: տաճար (tačar) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Armenian: մեհյան (mehyan) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Armenian: բագին (bagin) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Assamese: দৌল (doul) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Assamese: মন্দিৰ (mondir) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Asturian: templu — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Azerbaijani: məbəd — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Azerbaijani: ibadətxana — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Azerbaijani: ibadətgah — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Baba Malay: tempeh — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Bashkir: ғибәҙәтхана (ğibəźətxana) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Basque: tenplu — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Belarusian: храм (xram) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Bengali: মন্দির (mondir) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Bengali: মঠ (moṭh) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Bhojpuri: 𑂧𑂢𑂹𑂠𑂱𑂪 (mandil) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Central Bikol: templo — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Bulgarian: храм (hram) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Burmese: ဘုရား (bhu.ra:) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Burmese: ဝတ်ကျောင်း (watkyaung:) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Burmese: နားထင် (na:htang) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Catalan: temple — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Chinese Cantonese: 廟 /庙 — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Chinese Cantonese: 寺廟 /寺庙 — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Chinese Mandarin: 寺廟 /寺庙 (sìmiào) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Chinese Mandarin: 寺 (sì) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Chinese Mandarin: 庙 (miào) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Chinese Mandarin: 寺院 (sìyuàn) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Chinese Mandarin: 神殿 (shéndiàn) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Cornish: eglos teg — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Czech: chrám — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Danish: tempel — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Dutch: tempel — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Dzongkha: ལྷ་ཁང (lha khang) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Egyptian: nTr-Hwt-t:pr (ḥwt-nṯr) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Egyptian: r:Z1-pr*Z1:niwt (r-pr) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Esperanto: templo — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Faroese: tempul — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Finnish: temppeli — place of worship — see also place of worship
• French: temple — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Galician: templo — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Georgian: ტაძარი (ṭaʒari) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• German: Tempel — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌻𐌷𐍃 (alhs) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌷𐌿𐍃 (gudhus) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Greek: ναός (naós) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Ancient Greek: ναός (naós) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Ancient Greek: ἱερόν (hierón) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Gujarati: મંદિર (mandir) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Hawaiian: heiau — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Hebrew: מִקְדָּשׁ (mikdásh) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Hindi: मंदिर (mandir) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Hindi: मठ (maṭh) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Hungarian: szentély — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Hungarian: templom — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Icelandic: musteri — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Icelandic: hof — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Ido: templo — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Indonesian: kuil — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Indonesian: pura — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Indonesian: wihara — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Indonesian: kelenteng — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Interlingua: templo — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Irish: teampall — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Old Irish: tempul — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Italian: tempio — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Japanese: 神殿 (shinden) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Japanese: 堂塔 (dōtō) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Japanese: 寺 (tera) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Japanese: 寺院 (jiin) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Japanese: 神社 (jinja) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Kankanaey: timplo — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Kannada: ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ (dēvasthāna) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Kazakh: ғыйбадатһана (ğyibadathana) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Kazakh: храм (xram) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Kazakh: ғибадатхана (ğibadatxana) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Khmer: វត្ត (vŏət) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Khmer: ប្រាសាទ (praasaat) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Konkani: ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ (dēvasthān) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Korean: 절 (jeol) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Korean: 사찰 (sachal) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Korean: 사원 (sawon) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Central Kurdish: پەرستگا (peristga) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Kyrgyz: ибадаткана (ibadatkana) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Kyrgyz: храм (hram) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Ladino: templo — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Lao: ວັດ (wat) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Latin: templum — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Latin: aedis — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Latin: dēlūbrum — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Latin: fānum — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Latvian: templis — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Lithuanian: šventykla — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Lü: ᦞᧆ (vad) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Macedonian: храм (hram) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Magahi: 𑂧𑂢𑂹𑂠𑂱𑂪 (mandil) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Malay: kuil — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Malayalam: അമ്പലം (ampalaṁ) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Malayalam: ദേവാലയം (dēvālayaṁ) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Maltese: tempju — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Maltese: maqdes — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Māori: temepara — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Marathi: देऊळ (deūḷ) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Marathi: मंदिर (mandir) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Mongolian: сүм (süm) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Mongolian: сүм дуган (süm dugan) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Mongolian: дуган (dugan) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Mongolian: ᠰᠦᠮ ᠡ (süm e) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Norman: templ'ye — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Norwegian Bokmål: tempel — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tempel — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Occitan: temple — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Odia: ମନ୍ଦିର (mandira) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Old English: ealh — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Old English: tempel — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Old Galician-Portuguese: templo — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Parthian: 𐭁𐭂𐭍𐭉 — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Pashto: معبد (ma'bad) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Pashto: بتخانه (botxāna) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Iranian Persian: پَرَسْتِشْکَدِه (parasteškade) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Iranian Persian: مَعْبَد (ma'bad) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Iranian Persian: ناوُس (nâvos) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Iranian Persian: فَرْخار (farxâr) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Iranian Persian: فَغِسْتان (faġestân) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Iranian Persian: عِبادَتْخانِه (ebâdatxâne) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Iranian Persian: پَرَسْتِشْگاه (parastešgâh) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Iranian Persian: عِبادَتْگاه (ebâdatgâh) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Plautdietsch: Tempel — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Polish: świątynia — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Polish: bożnica — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Polish: chram — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Polish: kącina — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Polish: kontyna — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Polish: gontyna — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Polish: kupiszta — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Portuguese: templo — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Romani: khangeri — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Romanian: templu — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Russian: храм (xram) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Russian: ме́сто богослуже́ния (mésto bogoslužénija) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Sanskrit: देवालय (devālaya) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Sanskrit: मठ (maṭha) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Serbo-Croatian: хра̑м — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Serbo-Croatian: бого̀моља — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Serbo-Croatian: hrȃm — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Serbo-Croatian: bogòmolja — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Slovak: chrám — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Slovene: tempelj — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Southern Altai: храм (hram) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Spanish: templo — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Old Spanish: templo — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Swahili: hekalu — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Swedish: tempel — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Tagalog: templo — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Tajik: ибодатхона (ibodatxona) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Tajik: маъбад (ma'bad) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Tajik: фархор (farxor) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Tajik: парастишгоҳ (parastišgoh) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Tajik: ибодатгоҳ (ibodatgoh) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Tamil: கோயில் (kōyil) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Tamil: தேவளம் (tēvaḷam) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Tamil: தேவாலயம் (tēvālayam) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Tatar: гыйбадәтханә (ğıybadätxanä) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Telugu: కోవెల (kōvela) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Telugu: ఆలయము (ālayamu) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Telugu: గుడి (guḍi) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Telugu: దేవళము (dēvaḷamu) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Thai: วัด (wát) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Tibetan: ལྷ་ཁང (lha khang) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Turkish: tapınak — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Turkish: toplak — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Turkish: ibadethane — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Turkish: mabet — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Ottoman Turkish: عبادتخانه (ʼibâdethâne) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Turkmen: ybadathana — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Ukrainian: храм (xram) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Umbrian: 𐌖𐌄𐌓𐌚𐌀𐌋𐌄 (uerfale) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Urdu: مَعْبَد (ma'bad) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Urdu: مَٹھ (maṭh) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Urdu: عِبادَت گاہ ('ibādat gāh) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Urdu: مَنْدِر (mandir) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Uyghur: يباداتھانا (ybadathana) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Uyghur: تاۈينيديغان چاي (taüynydyghan chay) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Uzbek: ibodatxona — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Uzbek: butxona — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Uzbek: maʻbad — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Uzbek: ibodatgoh — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Vietnamese: đền — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Vietnamese: thiền viện — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Vietnamese: chùa — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Welsh: teml — place of worship — see also place of worship
• West Frisian: timpel — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Yiddish: טעמפּל (templ) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Yiddish: שול (shul) — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Yoruba: tẹmpili — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Yoruba: ile Ọlọrun — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Zhuang: caeh — place of worship — see also place of worship
• Albanian: faltore — place holding a religious presence
• Albanian: tempull — place holding a religious presence
• Finnish: temppeli — place holding a religious presence
• Hungarian: szentély — place holding a religious presence
• Hungarian: templom — place holding a religious presence
• Polish: świątynia — place holding a religious presence
• Finnish: temppeli — something of importance
• Hungarian: templom — something of importance
• Hungarian: szentély — something of importance
• Polish: świątynia — something of importance
• Russian: святы́ня (svjatýnja) — something of importance
• Abkhaz: аргәҵы́сҭа (argwcʼə́sta) — region of skull
• Abkhaz: аԥсы́рҭа (apsə́rta) — region of skull
• Afrikaans: slaap — region of skull
• Arabic: صَدْغ (ṣadḡ) — region of skull
• Arabic: حنطور عين (ḥanṭūr ʕēn) — region of skull
• Arabic: صدغ (ṣadḡ) — region of skull
• Arabic: سداغ (sedāḡ) — region of skull
• Armenian: քունք (kʻunkʻ) — region of skull
• Asturian: vidaya — region of skull
• Asturian: tenllera — region of skull
• Azerbaijani: gicgah — region of skull
• Bashkir: сикә (sikə) — region of skull
• Basque: loki — region of skull
• Belarusian: скронь (skronʹ) — region of skull
• Bhojpuri: 𑂍𑂢𑂣𑂗𑂹𑂗𑂲 (kanpaṭṭī) — region of skull
• Bulgarian: слепоо́чие (slepoóčie) — region of skull
• Catalan: templa — region of skull
• Catalan: pols — region of skull
• Chinese Cantonese: 魂精 (wan4 zeng1) — region of skull
• Chinese Mandarin: 顳顬 /颞颥 (nièrú) — region of skull
• Chinese Mandarin: 太陽穴 /太阳穴 (tàiyángxué) — region of skull
• Chinese Mandarin: 鬢角 /鬓角 (bìnjiǎo) — region of skull
• Coptic: ⲥⲙⲁⲩ (smau) — region of skull
• Czech: spánek — region of skull
• Danish: tinding — region of skull
• Dutch: slaap — region of skull
• Egyptian: U2:mAa-a:H2 (mꜣꜥ) — region of skull
• Esperanto: tempio — region of skull
• Fala: sen — region of skull
• Finnish: ohimo — region of skull
• French: tempe — region of skull
• West-Frisian: sliep — region of skull
• Galician: sen — region of skull
• Galician: tempa — region of skull
• Galician: vidalla — region of skull
• Georgian: საფეთქელი (sapetkeli) — region of skull
• German: Schläfe — region of skull
• Greek: κρόταφος (krótafos) — region of skull
• Ancient Greek: κρόταφος (krótaphos) — region of skull
• Ancient Greek: κόρση (kórsē) — region of skull
• Greenlandic: tulleq — region of skull
• Gujarati: લમણું (lamṇũ) — region of skull
• Hebrew: רַקָּה (raká) — region of skull
• Hebrew: צֶדַע (tzéda) — region of skull
• Hungarian: halánték — region of skull
• Icelandic: gagnauga — region of skull
• Ido: temporo — region of skull
• Indonesian: pelipis — region of skull
• Ingrian: lekama — region of skull
• Interlingua: tempora — region of skull
• Irish: uisinn — region of skull
• Italian: tempia — region of skull
• Japanese: 顳顬 — region of skull
• Japanese: 蟀谷 (komekami) — region of skull
• Kalmyk: цох (tsox) — region of skull
• Kazakh: самай (samai) — region of skull
• Kazakh: шеке (şeke) — region of skull
• Korean: 관자놀이 (gwanjanori) — region of skull
• Northern Kurdish: cênîk — region of skull
• Kyrgyz: саамай (saamay) — region of skull
• Latgalian: dzausnys — region of skull
• Latgalian: pluonumi — region of skull
• Latin: tempus — region of skull
• Latvian: deniņi — region of skull
• Lithuanian: smilkinỹs — region of skull
• Macedonian: слепоо́чница (slepoóčnica) — region of skull
• Magahi: 𑂍𑂢𑂣𑂗𑂹𑂗𑂲 (kanpaṭṭī) — region of skull
• Maithili: कनपट्टी (kanəpaṭṭī) — region of skull
• Malay: pelipis — region of skull
• Malayalam: ചെന്നി (cenni) — region of skull
• Maltese: ngħas — region of skull
• Manchu: ᡧᡠᠯᡠ (šulu) — region of skull
• Māori: rahirahinga — region of skull
• Mongolian: чамархай (čamarxaj) — region of skull
• Mongolian: ᠴᠢᠮᠠᠷᠬᠠᠢ (čimarqai) — region of skull
• Nepali: कन्चट (kancaṭ) — region of skull
• Norwegian Bokmål: tinning — region of skull
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tinning — region of skull
• Old English: þunwange — region of skull
• Old Galician-Portuguese: trincheira — region of skull
• Old Norse: þunnvangi — region of skull
• Persian: گیجگاه (gijgâh) — region of skull
• Polish: skroń — region of skull
• Portuguese: têmpora — region of skull
• Romani: korrijakh — region of skull
• Romanian: tâmplă — region of skull
• Russian: висо́к (visók) — region of skull
• Serbo-Croatian: слепоочница — region of skull
• Serbo-Croatian: slepoočnica — region of skull
• Sicilian: sonnu — region of skull
• Slovak: slucha — region of skull
• Slovak: spánok — region of skull
• Slovene: sence — region of skull
• Southern Altai: саамай (saamay) — region of skull
• Spanish: sien — region of skull
• Spanish: templa — region of skull
• Swedish: tinning — region of skull
• Tagalog: pilipisan — region of skull
• Tagalog: sentido — region of skull
• Tamil: நெற்றி (neṟṟi) — region of skull
• Thai: ขมับ (kà-màp) — region of skull
• Tibetan: ཡ་མ (ya ma) — region of skull
• Turkish: şakak — region of skull
• Turkish: dulun — region of skull
• Ottoman Turkish: شقاق (şakak) — region of skull
• Ottoman Turkish: طولون (tulun) — region of skull
• Ottoman Turkish: صدغ (sadg) — region of skull
• Ugaritic: 𐎔𐎛𐎚 (pỉt) — region of skull
• Ukrainian: скро́ня (skrónja) — region of skull
• Ukrainian: висо́к (vysók) — region of skull
• Uzbek: chakka — region of skull
• Vietnamese: thái dương — region of skull
• Vietnamese: màng tang — region of skull
• Welsh: arlais — region of skull
• Yiddish: שלייף (shleyf) — region of skull
• Yoruba: ẹrán — region of skull
• Zazaki: kelwe — region of skull
• ǃXóõ: ʘqʻûbe tshôe — region of skull
• Arabic: ذِرَاع (ḏirāʕ) — sidepiece of spectacles
• Chinese Mandarin: 眼鏡腿 /眼镜腿 (yǎnjìngtuǐ) — sidepiece of spectacles
• Dutch: poot — sidepiece of spectacles
• Finnish: sanka — sidepiece of spectacles
• Finnish: silmälasinsanka — sidepiece of spectacles
• Japanese: テンプル (tenpuru) — sidepiece of spectacles
• Japanese: 蔓 (tsuru) — sidepiece of spectacles
• Korean: 안경다리 (an'gyeongdari) — sidepiece of spectacles
• Portuguese: perna — sidepiece of spectacles
• Spanish: pata — sidepiece of spectacles
• Spanish: terminal — sidepiece of spectacles
• Spanish: patilla — sidepiece of spectacles
• Spanish: varilla — sidepiece of spectacles
• Spanish: gafa — sidepiece of spectacles
• Swedish: skalm — sidepiece of spectacles
• Welsh: braich — sidepiece of spectacles
• Burmese: နယ် (nai) — contrivance used in a loom
• Finnish: pingotin — contrivance used in a loom
• Italian: tempiale — contrivance used in a loom
• Japanese: 伸子 (shinshi) — contrivance used in a loom
• Japanese: 簇 (shiishi) — contrivance used in a loom