Temperament — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

your usual mood

excessive emotionalism or irritability and excitability (especially when displayed openly)

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/tˈɛmpɹəmənt/

🇬🇧British English

/tˈɛmpɹəmənt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/tˈɛmpɹəmənt/

4 syllables Say it as /tˈɛmpɹəmənt/.

Examples

he has a happy disposition

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

disposition

Parts of Speech

noun	your usual mood “he has a happy disposition”
noun	excessive emotionalism or irritability and excitability (especially when displayed openly)
noun	an adjustment of the intervals (as in tuning a keyboard instrument) so that the scale can be used to play in different keys

Word Forms

temperamental

adjective

relating to or caused by temperament

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

tempérament

votre humeur habituelle

🇪🇸Spanish

temperamento

tu estado de ánimo habitual

🇮🇹Italian

temperamento

il tuo solito umore

🇵🇹Portuguese

temperamento

seu humor habitual

🇷🇺Russian

темперамент

твое обычное настроение

India

🇮🇳Hindi

स्वभाव

आपका सामान्य मूड

🇧🇩Bengali

স্বভাব

আপনার স্বাভাবিক মেজাজ

🇮🇳Tamil

சுபாவம்

உங்கள் வழக்கமான மனநிலை

🇮🇳Telugu

స్వభావము

మీ సాధారణ మానసిక స్థితి

🇮🇳Marathi

स्वभाव

तुमचा नेहमीचा मूड

🇮🇳Gujarati

સ્વભાવ

તમારો સામાન્ય મૂડ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮನೋಧರ್ಮ

ನಿಮ್ಮ ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಮನಸ್ಥಿತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

സ്വഭാവം

നിങ്ങളുടെ സാധാരണ മാനസികാവസ്ഥ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸੁਭਾਅ

ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਆਮ ਮੂਡ

🇵🇰Urdu

مزاج

آپ کا معمول کا مزاج

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

气质

你平时的心情

🇯🇵Japanese

気質

いつもの気分

🇰🇷Korean

기질

평소 기분

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tính khí

tâm trạng thường ngày của bạn

🇹🇭Thai

อารมณ์

อารมณ์ปกติของคุณ

🇮🇩Indonesian

perangai

suasana hatimu yang biasa

🇵🇭Filipino

ugali

ang iyong karaniwang kalooban

🇲🇾Malay

perangai

mood biasa awak

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مزاج

مزاجك المعتاد

🇮🇷Persian

خلق و خوی

خلق و خوی همیشگی شما

🇹🇷Turkish

mizaç

her zamanki ruh halin

🇮🇱Hebrew

טֶמפֶּרָמֶנט

מצב הרוח הרגיל שלך

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