different between terp vs temp

English

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Clipping of interpreter.

Noun

terp (plural terps)

1. (military or Deaf slang) An interpreter (translator).
2. (computing, slang) An interpreter (program that parses and executes another program).

Alternative forms

• 'terp

Etymology 2

Clipping of terpene.

Noun

terp (plural terps)

1. Any of various essential oils containing monoterpene alcohols which are added to a henna mix to darken the color.

Verb

terp (third-person singular simple present terps, present participle terping, simple past and past participle terped)

1. (transitive) To add such an essential oil to (a henna mix).

Etymology 3

Clipping of Terpsichore, the goddess of dance and the dramatic chorus in Greek mythology.

Noun

terp (countable and uncountable, plural terps)

1. (dated, slang) Dance.

Derived terms

• terpery

Verb

terp (third-person singular simple present terps, present participle terping, simple past and past participle terped)

1. (transitive, dated, slang) To dance.

Etymology 4

From Dutch terp (“terp”).

Noun

terp (plural terps or terpen)

1. An artificial dwelling mound found on the North European Plain that has been created to provide safe ground during storm surges, high tides and sea or river flooding.

Further reading

• Terp (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• -pter, PERT, pert, pret.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from West Frisian terp, from Old Frisian therp, from Proto-West Germanic *þorp, from Proto-Germanic *þurp?, *þrep? (“village, farmstead, troop”), from Proto-Indo-European *treb- (“dwelling, room”). Doublet of dorp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?rp/
• Hyphenation: terp
• Rhymes: -?rp

Noun

terp m (plural terpen, diminutive terpje n)

1. artificial mound or hillock used as shelter during high tide

Synonyms

• wierde

Derived terms

• Terpstra

Anagrams

• pret, rept

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian thorp, therp, from Proto-West Germanic *þorp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?rp/

Noun

terp c (plural terpen, diminutive terpke)

1. artificial mound or hillock used as shelter during high tide
2. (archaic) village

   Synonym: doarp

Derived terms

• Terpstra

Descendants

• ? Dutch: terp

Further reading

• “terp”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?mp/
• Rhymes: -?mp

Noun

temp

1. Abbreviation of temperature.
2. Abbreviation of tempore.

Adjective

temp

1. Abbreviation of temporary.

Noun

temp (plural temps)

1. A temporary employee, usually in an office.
2. (computing, informal, chiefly attributive) A temporary storage location.
   • 2001, John Y. Hsu, Computer Architecture: Software Aspects, Coding, and Hardware

     Consequently, the unit executes and places the result in a temp register.

   • 2014, Andrew W. Appel, Program Logics for Certified Compilers (page 162)

     That is, r-values include numeric constants, nonaddressable local variables (temps) […]

Translations

Verb

temp (third-person singular simple present temps, present participle temping, simple past and past participle temped)

1. To work as a temporary employee.
   • 2007, The Savages, 01:24:50

     --I temp for money, but it's not my main thing. I write plays.

Translations

Anagrams

• EMT-P, Emp't, PETM, empt

Latvian

Verb

temp

1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of tempt
2. 2nd person singular imperative form of tempt

Maltese

Etymology

From Sicilian tempu and/or Italian tempo, both from Latin tempus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?mp/

Noun

temp m (plural tempijiet)

1. weather
2. (grammar) tense

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?mp/
• Homophone: t?p

Noun

temp

1. genitive plural of tempo

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sursilvan) temps
• (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) taimp
• (Sutsilvan) tains

Etymology

From Latin tempus, from Proto-Indo-European *tempos (“stretch”), from the root *temp- (“to stretch, string”).

Noun

temp m (plural temps)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) time

Related terms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader) ura
• (Surmiran) oura