"cincture" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɪŋk.t͡ʃɚ/ Forms: cinctures [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪŋktʃə(ɹ) Etymology: From Latin cinctūra. Cognate with Spanish cintura (“waist”). Doublet of ceinture. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|cinctūra}} Latin cinctūra, {{cog|es|cintura||waist}} Spanish cintura (“waist”), {{doublet|en|ceinture}} Doublet of ceinture Head templates: {{en-noun}} cincture (plural cinctures)
  1. An enclosure, or the act of enclosing, encircling or encompassing Translations (an enclosure, or the act of enclosing, encircling or encompassing): опасване (opasvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), bábhún [masculine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-cincture-en-noun-AK2tnBvY Disambiguation of 'an enclosure, or the act of enclosing, encircling or encompassing': 97 1 3
  2. A girdle or belt, especially as part of a vestment Translations (girdle or belt): колан (kolan) (Bulgarian), пояс (pojas) (Bulgarian), Zingulum [neuter] (German), cingulum (Hungarian), cingulus (Hungarian), singel (Indonesian), crios [masculine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-cincture-en-noun-VXjaMGgw Disambiguation of 'girdle or belt': 2 95 3
  3. (architecture) The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column. Translations ((architecture) the fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column): caiseal (colúin) [masculine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-cincture-en-noun-mJNIpefB Categories (other): Architecture, English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Clerical vestments Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 6 48 8 13 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 18 11 36 17 18 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 7 56 12 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 25 8 43 12 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 5 49 8 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 18 9 47 9 17 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 17 10 48 10 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 17 8 57 8 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 17 10 48 10 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 17 10 48 10 15 Disambiguation of Clerical vestments: 19 30 44 3 4 Topics: architecture Disambiguation of '(architecture) the fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column': 2 1 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: encincture

Verb

IPA: /ˈsɪŋk.t͡ʃɚ/ Forms: cinctures [present, singular, third-person], cincturing [participle, present], cinctured [participle, past], cinctured [past]
Rhymes: -ɪŋktʃə(ɹ) Etymology: From Latin cinctūra. Cognate with Spanish cintura (“waist”). Doublet of ceinture. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|cinctūra}} Latin cinctūra, {{cog|es|cintura||waist}} Spanish cintura (“waist”), {{doublet|en|ceinture}} Doublet of ceinture Head templates: {{en-verb}} cincture (third-person singular simple present cinctures, present participle cincturing, simple past and past participle cinctured)
  1. To encircle, or surround.
    Sense id: en-cincture-en-verb-4S1pD73X
  2. (viniculture) To girdle (stunt or kill by cutting). Translations (to girdle): опасвам (opasvam) (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-cincture-en-verb-Ev20HfZ8 Disambiguation of 'to girdle': 7 93

Inflected forms

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      "glosses": [
        "To encircle, or surround."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "encircle",
          "encircle"
        ],
        [
          "surround",
          "surround"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To girdle (stunt or kill by cutting)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "girdle",
          "girdle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(viniculture) To girdle (stunt or kill by cutting)."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɪŋk.t͡ʃɚ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪŋktʃə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "opasvam",
      "sense": "to girdle",
      "word": "опасвам"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cincture"
}

Download raw JSONL data for cincture meaning in English (5.9kB)

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: viniculture",
  "path": [
    "cincture"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "cincture",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: viniculture",
  "path": [
    "cincture"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "cincture",
  "trace": ""
}

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