tonsure

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English tonsure, from Anglo-Norman and Old French tonsure, from Latin tonsūra (“a clipping, trimming”), from tondeō (“shear, clip, trim”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɒn.ʃə(ɹ)/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɑn.ʃɚ/ Rhymes: -ɒnʃə(ɹ) === Verb === tonsure (third-person singular simple present tonsures, present participle tonsuring, simple past and past participle tonsured) (transitive, Christianity, Buddhism) To shave the crown of the head of (a person) as a sign of humility and religious vocation. ==== Translations ==== === Noun === tonsure (plural tonsures) A ritual shaving of this kind. The hairstyle and characteristic bald patch resulting from being tonsured. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === nutrose, snouter, tenours == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French tonsure, borrowed from Latin tōnsūra (“a clipping, trimming”), from tondeō (“shear, clip, trim”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɔ̃.syʁ/ === Noun === tonsure f (plural tonsures) tonsure ==== Related terms ==== tondre === Verb === tonsure inflection of tonsurer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “tonsure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tonˈsu.re/ Rhymes: -ure Hyphenation: ton‧sù‧re === Noun === tonsure f plural of tonsura === Anagrams === resunto, strenuo == Latin == === Participle === tōnsūre vocative masculine singular of tōnsūrus == Old French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin tonsūra. === Noun === tonsure oblique singular, f (oblique plural tonsures, nominative singular tonsure, nominative plural tonsures) tonsure (hair) ==== Descendants ==== → English: tonsure French: tonsure === References === Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (tonsure, supplement) tonsure on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub == Spanish == === Verb === tonsure inflection of tonsurar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative