Meanings
plural temporal lobes
- anatomyOne of the four major divisions of the cerebrum of the brain, located behind the temples.
It appeared that the occipital lobe, which processes vision, and the temporal lobe, which governs sensory input, language, and memory, were directly hit. These sit at the centre of a person’s consciousness.
2026 May 6, Nicholas Muhoro, “Anatoli Bugorski Survived a 1978 Proton Beam to the Head and Kept Working Like Nothing Happened”, in Skip Boring, archived from the original on 11 May 2026
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthat part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying inside the temples of the head
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic فص صدغي
- فص صدغيdivision of the cerebrum
Catalan lòbul temporal
- lòbul temporaldivision of the cerebrum
Chinese Mandarin 顳葉 /颞叶
- 顳葉 /颞叶 (nièyè)division of the cerebrum
Czech spánkový lalok
- spánkový lalokdivision of the cerebrum
Danish temporallap
- temporallapdivision of the cerebrum
Dutch temporale kwab
- temporale kwabdivision of the cerebrum
Esperanto tempia lobo
- tempia lobodivision of the cerebrum
Finnish ohimolohko, temporaalilohko
- ohimolohkodivision of the cerebrum
- temporaalilohkodivision of the cerebrum
French lobe temporal
- lobe temporaldivision of the cerebrum
German Temporallappen
- Temporallappendivision of the cerebrum
Greek κροταφικός λοβός
- κροταφικός λοβός (krotafikós lovós)division of the cerebrum
Hebrew האונה הרקתית
- האונה הרקתיתdivision of the cerebrum
Hungarian halántéklebeny
- halántéklebenydivision of the cerebrum
Irish maothán uisinneach, maothán na huisinne
- maothán uisinneachdivision of the cerebrum
- maothán na huisinnedivision of the cerebrum
Italian lobo temporale
- lobo temporaledivision of the cerebrum
Japanese 側頭葉
- 側頭葉 (sokutōyō)division of the cerebrum
Korean 측두엽
- 측두엽 (cheukduyeop)division of the cerebrum
Norwegian tinninglapp
- tinninglappdivision of the cerebrum
Persian لوب گیجگاهی
- لوب گیجگاهیdivision of the cerebrum
Polish płat skroniowy
- płat skroniowydivision of the cerebrum
Portuguese lobo temporal
- lobo temporaldivision of the cerebrum
Romanian lob temporal
- lob temporaldivision of the cerebrum
Russian височная доля
- височная доля (visočnaja dolja)division of the cerebrum
Spanish lóbulo temporal
- lóbulo temporaldivision of the cerebrum
Swedish tinninglob, temporallob
- tinninglobdivision of the cerebrum
- temporallobdivision of the cerebrum
Thai กลีบขมับ
- กลีบขมับdivision of the cerebrum
Ukrainian скронева частка
- скронева частка (skroneva častka)division of the cerebrum
Cite this entry
temporal lobe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/temporal%20lobe
“temporal lobe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/temporal%20lobe. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “temporal lobe,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/temporal%20lobe.
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