tonsura
See also: tonsurá
French
Pronunciation
- Homophones: tonsuras, tonsurât
Verb
tonsura
- third-person singular past historic of tonsurer
Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tonsūra (“a clipping, trimming”), from tondeō (“shear, clip, trim”).
Noun
tonsura f (uncountable)
- tonsure
Italian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin tonsūra (“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
Related terms
- tondere
- tosare
Anagrams
- Saturno, saturno, snaturo, snaturò, sturano
Latin
Etymology
From tondeō (“shear, clip, trim”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /tonˈsuː.ra/, [t̪õːˈs̠uːrä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tonˈsu.ra/, [t̪onˈsuːrä]
Noun
tōnsūra f (genitive tōnsūrae); first declension
- a clipping, trimming, cropping, shearing, pruning
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tōnsūra | tōnsūrae |
| Genitive | tōnsūrae | tōnsūrārum |
| Dative | tōnsūrae | tōnsūrīs |
| Accusative | tōnsūram | tōnsūrās |
| Ablative | tōnsūrā | tōnsūrīs |
| Vocative | tōnsūra | tōnsūrae |
Related terms
- tondeō
- tōnsilis
- tōnsiō
- tōnsor
- tōnsōrius
- tōnstrīcula
- tōnstrīna
- tōnstrīnum
- tōnstrix
- tōnsus
Descendants
- → Catalan: tonsura
- → English: tonsure
- → French: tonsure
- → Friulian: tonsure
- → Galician: tonsura
- → Italian: tonsura
- → Occitan: tonsura
- → Polish: tonsura
- → Romanian: tunsură
- → Russian: тонзура (tonzura)
- → Spanish: tonsura
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
Borrowed from Latin tōnsūra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɔnˈsu.ra/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ura
- Syllabification: ton‧su‧ra
Noun
tonsura f
- tonsure
Declension
Declension of tonsura
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tonsura | tonsury |
| genitive | tonsury | tonsur |
| dative | tonsurze | tonsurom |
| accusative | tonsurę | tonsury |
| instrumental | tonsurą | tonsurami |
| locative | tonsurze | tonsurach |
| vocative | tonsuro | tonsury |
Further reading
- tonsura in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- tonsura in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tonsūra (“a clipping, trimming”), from tondeō (“shear, clip, trim”).
Noun
tonsura f (plural tonsuras)
- tonsure
Verb
tonsura
- inflection of tonsurar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “tonsura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish tonsura.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ton‧su‧ra
- IPA(key): /tonˈsuɾa/, [tonˈsu.ɾɐ]
Noun
tonsura
- tonsure
- Synonyms: panot, satsat, anit
- act of shaving the crown of the head into a tonsure
- Synonym: pag-anit