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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