tâmplă

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tâmplă¹

Where it comes from

From a Vulgar Latin root *templa, which is probably derived from a root *tempula, from Latin tempora, plural of tempus, or alternatively from the feminine of templum through confusion with tempus, meaning the temple of the head. Compare Italian tempia, Old French temple.

noun tâmple · tâmplă · tâmpla · tâmplele

  1. feminine temple (of the head)

tâmplă²

Where it comes from

From Latin templum, possibly through a Medieval Greek intermediary τέμπλον (témplon). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *t(e)mp-lo-s, from *temp-. Doublet of templu. Compare Aromanian templu.

noun tâmple · tâmplă · tâmpla · tâmplele

  1. feminine iconostasis

    Similar: catapeteasmă, iconostas

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"tâmplă." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/t%C3%A2mpl%C4%83. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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tâmplă. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/t%C3%A2mpl%C4%83

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"tâmplă." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/t%C3%A2mpl%C4%83.

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@misc{ta_mpla_2026,
  title = {tâmplă},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/t%C3%A2mpl%C4%83},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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