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temps

time

noun tahN Rare

Also means

weather

Usage Note

Temps is a French masculine noun used as a gallicism in Italian literary and philosophical texts, meaning time or weather. It is best known to Italian readers through the Proustian phrase À la recherche du temps perdu (In search of lost time). The standard Italian equivalents are tempo (m) for both time and weather. Its appearance in Italian writing signals a direct French quotation or a strong Francophile register.

Examples

"Il tema del temps perdu percorre tutta la narrativa di Proust."

Natural Translation

The theme of lost time runs through all of Proust's fiction.

Literal Translation

The theme of-the temps perdu runs-through all the narrative of Proust.

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