French

Verb

tonsura

1. third-person singular past historic of tonsurer

Galician

Etymology

From Latin tonsūra ‎(“a clipping, trimming”), from tondeō ‎(“shear, clip, trim”).

Noun

tonsura f ‎(uncountable)

1. tonsure

Italian

Etymology

From Latin tonsūra ‎(“a clipping, trimming”), from tondeō ‎(“shear, clip, trim”).

Noun

tonsura f ‎(plural tonsure)

1. tonsure

Verb

tonsura

1. third-person singular present indicative of tonsurare
2. second-person singular imperative of tonsurare

Anagrams

• Saturno, saturno, snaturo, snaturò, sturano

Latin

Etymology

From tondeō ‎(“shear, clip, trim”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /toːnˈsuː.ra/

Noun

tōnsūra f ‎(genitive tōnsūrae); first declension

1. a clipping, trimming, cropping, shearing, pruning

Inflection

First declension.

Related terms

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “tonsura”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Polish

Noun

tonsura f

1. tonsure

Declension

Spanish

Verb

tonsura

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of tonsurar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of tonsurar.
3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of tonsurar.