Polyglot Dictionary

tempête

/tɑ̃.pɛt/

la noun A2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les tempêtes

Meaning

  1. storm

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

orage

orage specifically means a thunderstorm, with lightning; tempête is more general or severe, like a windstorm without thunder — both mean "storm."

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

tempestade

tempestade is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "storm."

Practice

1 What does tempête mean?

2 Fill the gap: Une ___ approche de la côte.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches tempête?

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