tonsura

== French == === Pronunciation === Homophones: tonsuras, tonsurât === 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/ [t̪onˈs̺u.ɾɐ] 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 === Related terms === tondere tosare === Anagrams === Saturno, saturno, snaturo, snaturò, sturano == Latin == === Etymology === From tondeō +‎ -tūra with the regular change -dt- → -ss- → -s-. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tõːˈsuː.ra] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [tonˈsuː.ra] === Noun === tōnsūra f (genitive tōnsūrae); first declension haircut pruning, clipping, trimming shearing ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== 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, 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/ [t̪õnˈsu.ɾa] 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 === “tonsura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish tonsura. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /tonˈsuɾa/ [t̪on̪ˈsuː.ɾɐ] Rhymes: -uɾa Syllabification: ton‧su‧ra === Noun === tonsura (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜓᜇ) tonsure Synonyms: panot, satsat, anit act of shaving the crown of the head into a tonsure Synonym: pag-anit === Anagrams === Saturno