Phrase guide

temporal lobe

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

One of the four major divisions of the cerebrum of the brain, located behind the temples.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, neuroanatomy, neurology, neuroscience, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying inside the temples of the head

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: temporal ccortex

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: lobe

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: فص صدغي — division of the cerebrum
  • Asturian: lóbulu temporal — division of the cerebrum
  • Azerbaijani: gicgah payı — division of the cerebrum
  • Catalan: lòbul temporal — division of the cerebrum
  • Chinese Mandarin: 顳葉 /颞叶 (nièyè) — division of the cerebrum
  • Czech: spánkový lalok — division of the cerebrum
  • Danish: temporallap — division of the cerebrum
  • Dutch: temporale kwab — division of the cerebrum
  • Esperanto: tempia lobo — division of the cerebrum
  • Finnish: ohimolohko — division of the cerebrum
  • Finnish: temporaalilohko — division of the cerebrum
  • French: lobe temporal — division of the cerebrum
  • Galician: lobo temporal — division of the cerebrum
  • German: Temporallappen — division of the cerebrum
  • Greek: κροταφικός λοβός (krotafikós lovós) — division of the cerebrum
  • Hebrew: האונה הרקתית — division of the cerebrum
  • Hungarian: halántéklebeny — division of the cerebrum
  • Irish: maothán uisinneach — division of the cerebrum
  • Irish: maothán na huisinne — division of the cerebrum
  • Italian: lobo temporale — division of the cerebrum
  • Japanese: 側頭葉 (sokutōyō) — division of the cerebrum
  • Korean: 측두엽 (cheukduyeop) — division of the cerebrum
  • Northern Kurdish: cênikepil — division of the cerebrum
  • Norwegian: tinninglapp — division of the cerebrum
  • Persian: لوب گیجگاهی — division of the cerebrum
  • Polish: płat skroniowy — division of the cerebrum
  • Portuguese: lobo temporal — division of the cerebrum
  • Romanian: lob temporal — division of the cerebrum
  • Russian: височная доля (visočnaja dolja) — division of the cerebrum
  • Spanish: lóbulo temporal — division of the cerebrum
  • Swedish: tinninglob — division of the cerebrum
  • Swedish: temporallob — division of the cerebrum
  • Thai: กลีบขมับ — division of the cerebrum
  • Ukrainian: скронева частка (skroneva častka) — division of the cerebrum