different between temperament vs attitude

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French tempérament, from Latin temperamentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?mp???m?nt/, /?t?mp??m?nt/, /?t?mp??m?nt/

Noun

temperament (countable and uncountable, plural temperaments)

1. (obsolete) A moderate and proportionable mixture of elements or ingredients in a compound; the condition in which elements are mixed in their proper proportions.
2. (obsolete) Any state or condition as determined by the proportion of its ingredients or the manner in which they are mixed; consistence, composition; mixture.
3. A person's usual manner of thinking, behaving or reacting.
4. A tendency to become irritable or angry.
5. (music) The altering of certain intervals from their correct values in order to improve the moving from key to key.
6. (psychology) Individual differences in behavior that are biologically based and are relatively independent of learning, system of values and attitudes.

Translations

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “temperament”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French tempérament, from Latin temperamentum.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tem?pe?ra?ment

Noun

temperament n (plural temperamenten, diminutive temperamentje n)

1. (psychology) the usual mood of a person, or typical manner of thinking, behaving, and acting; temperament, temper, mood

   Oorspronkelijk waren in de Griekse oudheid de temperamenten de naam voor vier persoonlijkheidstypen: het sanguïnische, flegmatische, cholerische en melancholische temperament.^[1]

   Originally, in Greek antiquity, the temperaments were the names of the four personality types: the sanguine, phlegmatic, choleric and melancholy temperaments.

2. temperament: a tendency to become irritable or angry, temper
3. (music) temperament: a specific system of note pitches of a musical instrument

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin temperamentum

Noun

temperament n (definite singular temperamentet, indefinite plural temperament or temperamenter, definite plural temperamenta or temperamentene)

1. temperament
2. a temperamental nature

Derived terms

• temperamentsfull

References

• “temperament” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “temperament” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin temperamentum

Noun

temperament n (definite singular temperamentet, indefinite plural temperament, definite plural temperamenta)

1. temperament
2. a temperamental nature

Derived terms

• temperamentsfull

References

• “temperament” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From Latin temperamentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?m.p??ra.m?nt/

Noun

temperament m inan (diminutive temperamencik)

1. temperament, character

Declension

Further reading

• temperament in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• temperament in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French tempérament, from Latin temperamentum.

Noun

temperament n (plural temperamente)

1. temperament

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Temperament, from Latin temperamentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /temper?ment/
• Hyphenation: tem?pe?ra?ment

Noun

temperàment m (Cyrillic spelling ????????????)

1. (psychology) temperament

Declension

References

• “temperament” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

English

Etymology

From French attitude, from Italian attitudine (“attitude, aptness”), from Medieval Latin aptit?d? (“aptitude”) and actit?d? (“acting, posture”), from Latin apt? and actit?. Doublet of aptitude.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æt??tju?d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æt?tud/, [?æ??tud]

Noun

attitude (countable and uncountable, plural attitudes)

1. The position of the body or way of carrying oneself.

   Synonyms: posture, stance

2. (figuratively) Disposition or state of mind.

3. (Canada, US) Unpleasant behavior. [1]

4. (aeronautics, nautical, engineering) The orientation of a vehicle or other object relative to the horizon, direction of motion, other objects, etc.

   Synonyms: trim, orientation
5. (ballet) A position similar to arabesque, but with the raised leg bent at the knee.
   • 2007, Gayle Kassing, History of Dance: An Interactive Arts Approach, page 134,

     Blasis was a man of many accomplishments. He invented the ballet position of attitude and codified the ballet technique of that time, distinguishing three types of dancers: the serious, the demi-caractère, and the comic dancer.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

attitude (third-person singular simple present attitudes, present participle attituding, simple past and past participle attituded)

1. To assume or to place in a particular position or orientation; to pose.
   • 1823, Felix M'Donogh, The Hermit Abroad, Volume 1, page 122,

     […] nymphs of quality, formed for the offices of love and of conversation, are attituded about her, each star set as it were in surrounding satellites of admirers; […]

   • 1837, William E. Burton, The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 1, page 123,

     Attituded like an inspired curling-tongs, leaning back heavily on his right leg, and throwing forward his left, his arm elevated to a level with his shoulder, the clenched fist grasping a brush that might have been available in […]

   • 1971, American Astronautical Society, Advances in Astronautical Sciences, Volume 29, Part 2, page 395,

     The attituded control gyro package, electronics, APS gas supply, and the preentry electronics are mounted internally, and are distributed circumferentially at the major ring.

2. To express an attitude through one's posture, bearing, tone of voice, etc.
   • 2002, Wayne Normis, The Last Street Fighter, page 33,

     He attituded his way over to me, got up close, and just stood there looking at me, trying to appear threatening.

   • 2008, Yvonne Müller, "The Absentee": an Interpretation - an Analysis of Maria Edgeworth's Novel, page 12,

     The typical characteristic attituded toward the English is coldness.

   • 2010, R. Scott, Nine Months and a Year Later, page 82,

     I was really tripping, 'cause this nigga had the nerve to be attituded up when he was the one always doing something he had no business doing.

Further reading

• attitude in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• attitude in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• attuited

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ti.tyd/

Noun

attitude f (plural attitudes)

1. attitude, position