tsensuur

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Etymology

Ultimately from Latin cēnsūra, via French censure or, more likely, German Zensur. By surface analysis, tsens- +‎ -uur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tsenˈsuːr/,
  • Rhymes: -uːr
  • Hyphenation: tsen‧suur

Noun

tsensuur (genitive tsensuuri, partitive tsensuuri)

  1. censorship; censorship office
  2. (Ancient Rome, historical) the role of a censor

Declension

Declension of tsensuur (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative tsensuur tsensuurid
accusative nom.
gen. tsensuuri
genitive tsensuuride
partitive tsensuuri tsensuure
tsensuurisid
illative tsensuuri
tsensuurisse
tsensuuridesse
tsensuuresse
inessive tsensuuris tsensuurides
tsensuures
elative tsensuurist tsensuuridest
tsensuurest
allative tsensuurile tsensuuridele
tsensuurele
adessive tsensuuril tsensuuridel
tsensuurel
ablative tsensuurilt tsensuuridelt
tsensuurelt
translative tsensuuriks tsensuurideks
tsensuureks
terminative tsensuurini tsensuurideni
essive tsensuurina tsensuuridena
abessive tsensuurita tsensuurideta
comitative tsensuuriga tsensuuridega

Derived terms

Compounds

References

  • tsensuur in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • tsensuur”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009