temple

Other forms of temple

plural

temples·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about temple

What does temple mean?

temple means "place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in temple?

temple has 2 syllables: tem-ple. The stress falls on "tem". In IPA it is /ˈtɛmpəl/.

What is another word for temple?

Close synonyms include synagogue, tabernacle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is temple a common word?

temple is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.