temporal

temporel

Qui concerne le temps, notamment le moment où une chose arrive ou sa durée.

En anglais simple : Connected with time, including when things happen or how long they last.

• The events have a clear temporal order.
• We studied temporal changes in the data.
• The report examines the temporal relationship between rainfall and flooding.

Expressions courantes : temporal order, temporal sequence, temporal relationship

temporel, séculier

Qui concerne la vie quotidienne, le pouvoir ou les biens matériels plutôt que la religion.

En anglais simple : Connected with ordinary life, government, or possessions rather than religion or spiritual matters.

• The bishop also held temporal power.
• The king controlled temporal affairs.
• Church leaders disputed the limits of their temporal authority.

Synonymes : secular, worldly

Contraires : spiritual, religious

Expressions courantes : temporal power, temporal authority, temporal affairs

temporel, passager

Qui existe pour une durée limitée et ne dure pas éternellement.

En anglais simple : Existing for a limited time, rather than lasting forever.

• They contrasted temporal life with eternal life.
• All temporal things eventually pass away.
• The poem reflects on our temporal existence.

Synonymes : transient, impermanent

Contraires : eternal, permanent

Expressions courantes : temporal existence, temporal life, temporal things

temporaire, passager

Qui ne dure que peu de temps.

En anglais simple : Lasting only a short time.

• The treatment brought only temporal relief.
• They enjoyed a temporal improvement in their living conditions.
• The writer warned against seeking temporal pleasures.

Synonymes : temporary, brief, short-lived

Contraires : lasting, permanent

Expressions courantes : temporal relief, temporal effects, temporal pleasure

bien temporel

Une chose appartenant à la vie terrestre, comme une propriété, plutôt qu’à la vie spirituelle.

En anglais simple : Something belonging to ordinary earthly life, such as property, rather than spiritual life.

• The bishop managed the church’s temporals.
• The dispute concerned temporals rather than spiritual teachings.
• Church temporals included land and income.

Synonymes : temporality

Expressions courantes : a temporal, each temporal

écaille temporale

Une petite plaque dure sur le côté de la tête d’un reptile, derrière l’œil.

En anglais simple : One of the small, hard plates on the side of a reptile’s head, behind its eye.

• The snake has one large temporal behind its eye.
• Count the temporals on each side of the head.
• This specimen has a damaged posterior temporal.

Expressions courantes : anterior temporal, posterior temporal