censura

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See also: censùra and censurá

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin cēnsūra.

Pronunciation

Noun

censura f (plural censures)

  1. censorship

Further reading

Etymology 2

Verb

censura

  1. inflection of censurar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

French

Pronunciation

Verb

censura

  1. 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)

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Further reading

Etymology 2

Verb

censura

  1. inflection of censurar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃenˈsu.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ura
  • Hyphenation: cen‧sù‧ra

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin cēnsūra.

Noun

censura f (plural censure)

  1. censorship
    Synonyms: controllo, critica
  2. censure
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

censura

  1. inflection of censurare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. 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

  1. The office of a censor; censorship
  2. 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.)
  3. a severe judgment
  4. appraisal, oversight, control

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative cēnsūra cēnsūrae
genitive cēnsūrae cēnsūrārum
dative cēnsūrae cēnsūrīs
accusative cēnsūram cēnsūrās
ablative cēnsūrā cēnsūrīs
vocative cēnsūra cēnsūrae

Descendants

References

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -uɾɐ
  • Hyphenation: cen‧su‧ra

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin cēnsūra.

Noun

censura f (uncountable)

  1. censure
  2. censorship

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

censura

  1. inflection of censurar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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)

  1. censure
  2. censorship
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

censura

  1. inflection of censurar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading