How to pronounce tempera
American English pronunciation
TEM-pur-uh
- IPA
- /ˈtɛmpɚə/
- Syllables
- TEM · pur · uh (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What tempera means
Paint made by mixing colors with egg yolk
In a sentence: Our class painted the big hallway mural in bright tempera.
Where it comes from: It was borrowed from Italian.
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