usura

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin ūsūra. === Noun === usura (uncountable) (rare, archaic or poetic) Usury. == Galician == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /uˈsuɾa/ [uˈs̺u.ɾɐ] Rhymes: -uɾa Hyphenation: u‧su‧ra === Noun === usura f (plural usuras) usury === Further reading === “usura”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /uˈzu.ra/ Rhymes: -ura Hyphenation: u‧sù‧ra === Etymology 1 === From Latin ūsūra (“use; enjoyment”), derived from ūsus, perfect passive participle of ūtor (“to use; to enjoy”). ==== Noun ==== usura f (plural usure) (obsolete, finance) interest (price of credit) Synonym: interesse (obsolete, finance) usury (practice of lending money at interest) usury (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ==== Further reading ==== usura1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from French usure, derived from user (“to use”). ==== Noun ==== usura f (plural usure) wear (damage caused by use over time) (figurative) deterioration ===== Derived terms ===== usurare ===== Related terms ===== ==== Further reading ==== usura2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== usura inflection of usurare: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Latin == === Etymology === From ūtor +‎ -tūra. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [uːˈsuː.ra] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [uˈs̬uː.ra] === Noun === ūsūra f (genitive ūsūrae); first declension use, enjoyment interest (on a loan) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== English: usury French: usure Italian: usura Portuguese: usura Spanish: usura Serbo-Croatian: ušur === References === “usura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “usura”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “usura”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[3], London: Macmillan and Co. “usura”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers == Piedmontese == === Alternative forms === üsüra === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /yˈzyra/ === Noun === usura f (plural usure) usury == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -uɾɐ Hyphenation: u‧su‧ra === Etymology 1 === From Latin usura. Cognate with English usury. ==== Noun ==== usura f (plural usuras) usury (exorbitant rate of interest) (uncountable) usury (practice of lending money at exorbitant rates) Synonym: agiotagem any exploitative transaction === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== usura inflection of usurar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “usura”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “usura” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913 “usura”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin usura. Cognate with English usury. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /uˈsuɾa/ [uˈsu.ɾa] Rhymes: -uɾa Syllabification: u‧su‧ra === Noun === usura f (plural usuras) usury ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “usura”, 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