Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
censura. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
censura, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
censura in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
censura you have here. The definition of the word
censura will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
censura, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Catalan
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin cēnsūra.
Pronunciation
Noun
censura f (plural censures)
- censorship
Further reading
Etymology 2
Verb
censura
- inflection of censurar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
French
Pronunciation
Verb
censura
- third-person singular past historic of censurer
Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (standard) /θenˈsuɾa/
- IPA(key): (seseo) /senˈsuɾa/
- IPA(key): (standard) /θɛnˈsuɾa/
- IPA(key): (seseo) /sɛnˈsuɾa/
- Rhymes: -uɾa
- Hyphenation: cen‧su‧ra
Etymology 1
From Latin cēnsūra.
Noun
censura f (plural censuras)
- This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
{{rfdef}}
.
Further reading
Etymology 2
Verb
censura
- inflection of censurar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃenˈsu.ra/
- Rhymes: -ura
- Hyphenation: cen‧sù‧ra
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin cēnsūra.
Noun
censura f (plural censure)
- censorship
- Synonyms: controllo, critica
- censure
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
censura
- inflection of censurare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- censura in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- censura in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- censura in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- censura in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- censura in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- censura in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- censura in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Etymology
From cēnseō + -tūra. Furthermore the outcome of censor + -tūra.
Pronunciation
Noun
cēnsūra f (genitive cēnsūrae); first declension
- The office of a censor; censorship
- censure, judgment, criticism, opinion
8 CE,
Ovid,
Fasti 5.69–70:
- ‘verba quis audēret cōram sene digna rubōre
dīcere? cēnsūram longa senecta dabat.’- ‘‘ who, in the presence of an older man, would dare to speak words fit to blush? Old age was granted censure.’’
(The muse Urania is speaking about a former time. Here, ‘‘censuram’’ may mean informal ‘‘censure,’’ or could refer to formal ‘‘censorship’’ by a senior official elected as a Roman censor.)
- a severe judgment
- appraisal, oversight, control
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “censura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “censura”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- censura in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- censura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to perform the censors' duties: censuram agere, gerere
- “censure”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -uɾɐ
- Hyphenation: cen‧su‧ra
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin cēnsūra.
Noun
censura f (uncountable)
- censure
- censorship
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
censura
- inflection of censurar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “censura”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “censura”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “censura” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “censura”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “censura”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “censura”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θenˈsuɾa/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /senˈsuɾa/
- Rhymes: -uɾa
- Syllabification: cen‧su‧ra
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin cēnsūra.
Noun
censura f (plural censuras)
- censure
- censorship
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
censura
- inflection of censurar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading