different between tempt vs tempi

English

Etymology

From Middle English tempten, from Old French tempter (French: tenter), from Latin temptare, from tentare (“to handle, touch, try, test, tempt”), frequentative of tenere (“to hold”). Displaced native English costning (“temptation”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /t?mpt/, /t?mt/
• Rhymes: -?mpt, -?mt

Verb

tempt (third-person singular simple present tempts, present participle tempting, simple past and past participle tempted)

1. (transitive) To provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to entice.

2. (transitive) To attract; to allure.

3. (transitive) To provoke something; to court.

Synonyms

• (provoke someone to do wrong): entice, fand, lure, pander, tease
• (attract; allure): beguile, entrance; see also Thesaurus:allure
• (provoke something): foment, urge; see also Thesaurus:incite

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

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

Latvian

Verb

tempt (tr., 1st conj., pres. tempju, temp, tempj, past tempu)

1. to gulp
2. to swill
3. to quaff

Conjugation

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?mpi?/

Noun

tempi

1. plural of tempo

Danish

Alternative forms

• tempoer

Noun

tempi n

1. indefinite plural of tempo

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

tempi

1. plural of tempo

Ido

Noun

tempi

1. plural of tempo

Italian

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?m.pi/
• Hyphenation: tèm?pi
• Rhymes: -?mpi

Noun

tempi m

1. plural of tempo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?m.pi/
• Hyphenation: tèm?pi

Noun

tempi m

1. plural of tempio

Latvian

Noun

tempi m

1. nominative plural form of temps
2. vocative plural form of temps

Verb

tempi

1. 2nd person singular past indicative form of tempt

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• tempo
• tempoer

Noun

tempi n

1. indefinite plural of tempo

Sicilian

Noun

tempi

1. plural of tempu