Temp — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/tˈɛmp/

🇬🇧British English

/tˈɛmp/

🇮🇳Indian English

/tˈɛmp/

1 syllable Say it as /tˈɛmp/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

temporary temporary worker

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

temp.

un travailleur (notamment dans un bureau) embauché à titre temporaire

🇪🇸Spanish

temperatura

un trabajador (especialmente en una oficina) contratado de forma temporal

🇳🇱Dutch

temperatuur

een werknemer (vooral op kantoor) die op tijdelijke basis wordt ingehuurd

🇵🇹Portuguese

temperatura

um trabalhador (especialmente em um escritório) contratado temporariamente

🇷🇺Russian

температура

работник (особенно в офисе), нанятый на временной основе

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अस्थायी

एक कर्मचारी (विशेषकर किसी कार्यालय में) अस्थायी आधार पर नियुक्त किया गया

🇧🇩Bengali

তাপমাত্রা

একজন কর্মী (বিশেষত অফিসে) অস্থায়ী ভিত্তিতে নিয়োগ করা হয়

🇮🇳Tamil

வெப்பநிலை

ஒரு தொழிலாளி (குறிப்பாக அலுவலகத்தில்) தற்காலிக அடிப்படையில் பணியமர்த்தப்பட்டவர்

🇮🇳Telugu

ఉష్ణోగ్రత

ఒక కార్మికుడు (ముఖ్యంగా కార్యాలయంలో) తాత్కాలిక ప్రాతిపదికన నియమించబడ్డాడు

🇮🇳Marathi

तापमान

एक कामगार (विशेषत: कार्यालयात) तात्पुरत्या आधारावर नियुक्त केला जातो

🇮🇳Gujarati

તાપમાન

એક કામદાર (ખાસ કરીને ઑફિસમાં) કામચલાઉ ધોરણે રાખવામાં આવે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ತಾಪ

ಕೆಲಸಗಾರನನ್ನು (ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ಕಛೇರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ) ತಾತ್ಕಾಲಿಕ ಆಧಾರದ ಮೇಲೆ ನೇಮಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

താപനില

ഒരു ജോലിക്കാരൻ (പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് ഒരു ഓഫീസിൽ) താൽക്കാലിക അടിസ്ഥാനത്തിൽ നിയമിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਤਾਪਮਾਨ

ਇੱਕ ਕਰਮਚਾਰੀ (ਖ਼ਾਸਕਰ ਇੱਕ ਦਫਤਰ ਵਿੱਚ) ਇੱਕ ਅਸਥਾਈ ਅਧਾਰ 'ਤੇ ਨਿਯੁਕਤ ਕੀਤਾ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

درجہ حرارت

ایک کارکن (خاص طور پر دفتر میں) عارضی بنیادوں پر رکھا گیا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

温度

临时雇用的工人（尤其是在办公室）

🇯🇵Japanese

温度

一時的に雇われた労働者（特にオフィスで）

🇰🇷Korean

온도

임시로 고용된 근로자(특히 사무실)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

nhiệt độ

một công nhân (đặc biệt là trong văn phòng) được thuê tạm thời

🇹🇭Thai

อุณหภูมิ

คนงาน (โดยเฉพาะในสำนักงาน) ที่ได้รับการว่าจ้างเป็นการชั่วคราว

🇮🇩Indonesian

suhu

seorang pekerja (terutama di kantor) yang dipekerjakan untuk sementara

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

درجة حرارة

عامل (خاصة في المكتب) يتم تعيينه على أساس مؤقت

🇮🇷Persian

دما

یک کارگر (به ویژه در یک اداره) به طور موقت استخدام شده است

🇹🇷Turkish

sıcaklık

geçici olarak işe alınan bir işçi (özellikle bir ofiste)

🇮🇱Hebrew

טמפ'

עובד (במיוחד במשרד) שנשכר על בסיס זמני

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