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Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cōnsūtūra, from Latin cōnsūtus, from consuō.
Pronunciation
Noun
costura f (plural costures)
- sewing, needlework
- stitch (a single pass of a needle in sewing)
Further reading
Galician
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)
- needlework, sewing
- 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
- junction, joint in between boards
- scar
- (nautical, fishing) splice
Derived terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “costura”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “costur”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “custur”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “costura”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “costura”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “costura”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Italian
Etymology
From Latin *consutura
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈstu.ra/
- Rhymes: -ura
- Hyphenation: co‧stù‧ra
Noun
costura f (plural costure)
- 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)
- sewing
- stitches
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
costura
- inflection of costurar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- 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)
- needlework, sewing
- (in clothing or machinery) seam, stitches
- (nautical) seam
- splice
Derived terms
Further reading