costura

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Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cōnsūtūra, from Latin cōnsūtus, from consuō.

Pronunciation

Noun

costura f (plural costures)

  1. sewing, needlework
  2. stitch (a single pass of a needle in sewing)

Further reading

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese costura (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *cōnsūtūra, from Latin cōnsūtus, from consuō.

Pronunciation

Noun

costura f (plural costuras)

  1. needlework, sewing
  2. stitches, stitching
    • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica Troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 417:
      a pẽna do mãto mays preçada et mays marauillosa era que outra que nũca home uisse, ca ela era en ssy enteyra, que en ela toda nõ auj́a peça nẽ costura.
      the mantle's hide was more precious and marvelous than any other that anyone had ever seen, because it was in itself whole, having no pieces or stiches
  3. junction, joint in between boards
  4. scar
  5. (nautical, fishing) splice

Derived terms

References

Italian

Etymology

From Latin *consutura

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koˈstu.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ura
  • Hyphenation: co‧stù‧ra

Noun

costura f (plural costure)

  1. a seam (the stitching that joins two or more pieces of fabric)

Further reading

  • costura in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -uɾɐ
  • Hyphenation: cos‧tu‧ra

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *cōnsūtūra, from Latin cōnsūtus, from consuō.

Noun

costura f (plural costuras)

  1. sewing
  2. stitches
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

costura

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

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cōnsutūra, from Latin cōnsūtus, from cōnsuō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kosˈtuɾa/
  • Rhymes: -uɾa
  • Syllabification: cos‧tu‧ra

Noun

costura f (plural costuras)

  1. needlework, sewing
  2. (in clothing or machinery) seam, stitches
  3. (nautical) seam
  4. splice

Derived terms

Further reading