temperate

== English == === Etymology === The adjective is first attested in 1380, in Middle English, the verb in 1540; borrowed from Latin temperātus, perfect passive participle of temperō (“to moderate, forbear, combine properly”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix). See temper. Displaced native Old English ġemetegod. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɛmpəɹət/ Hyphenation: tem‧pe‧rate === Adjective === temperate (comparative more temperate, superlative most temperate) Moderate; not excessive. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:moderate He has a temperate demeanour ― He is a calm person. Specifically, moderate in temperature. Synonyms: mellow, mild Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions Synonyms: abstentious, continent; see also Thesaurus:abstemious, Thesaurus:temperate August 9, 1768, Benjamin Franklin, To John Alleyne, Esq. On Early Marriages Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy. Proceeding from temperance. Dependent on life in a temperate climate. ==== Derived terms ==== (geology) temperate zone, that part of the earth which lies between either tropic and the corresponding polar circle; -- so called because the heat is less than in the torrid zone, and the cold less than in the frigid zones. temperate rainforest ==== Related terms ==== temper temperature ==== Translations ==== === Verb === temperate (third-person singular simple present temperates, present participle temperating, simple past and past participle temperated) (obsolete) To render temperate; to moderate Synonyms: soften, temper ==== Translations ==== === References === “temperate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === petameter, petametre == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== temperate inflection of temperare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== temperate f pl feminine plural of temperato == Latin == === Verb === temperāte second-person plural present active imperative of temperō === References === “temperate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “temperate”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers == Spanish == === Verb === temperate second-person singular voseo imperative of temperar combined with te