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French
Pronunciation
Verb
tonsura
- third-person singular past historic of tonsurer
Galician
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin tonsūra (“a clipping, trimming”), from tondeō (“shear, clip, trim”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tonˈsuɾa/
- Rhymes: -uɾa
- Hyphenation: ton‧su‧ra
Noun
tonsura f (uncountable)
- tonsure
- Synonym: coroa
Italian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin tōnsūra (“a clipping, trimming”), from tondeō (“shear, clip, trim”). See tosare.
Noun
tonsura f (plural tonsure)
- tonsure
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
tonsura
- inflection of tonsurare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
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Latin
Etymology
From tondeō + -tūra with the regular change -dt- → -ss- → -s-.
Pronunciation
Noun
tōnsūra f (genitive tōnsūrae); first declension
- haircut
- pruning, clipping, trimming
- shearing
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “tonsura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tonsura”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tonsura 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)
- tonsura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin tōnsūra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɔnˈsu.ra/
- Rhymes: -ura
- Syllabification: ton‧su‧ra
Noun
tonsura f
- tonsure
Declension
Further reading
- tonsura in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- tonsura in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tonˈsuɾa/
- Rhymes: -uɾa
- Syllabification: ton‧su‧ra
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin tōnsūra (“a clipping, trimming”), from tondeō (“shear, clip, trim”).
Noun
tonsura f (plural tonsuras)
- tonsure
Etymology 2
Verb
tonsura
- inflection of tonsurar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish tonsura.
Pronunciation
Noun
tonsura (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜓᜇ)
- tonsure
- Synonyms: panot, satsat, anit
- act of shaving the crown of the head into a tonsure
- Synonym: pag-anit
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