"cincture" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɪŋk.t͡ʃɚ/ Forms: cinctures [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪŋktʃə(ɹ) Etymology: Etymology tree Latin cingō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cinctūralbor. English cincture Learned borrowing from Latin cinctūra. Cognate with Spanish cintura (“waist”). Doublet of ceinture. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:lbor|la:cinctūra|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin cingō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cinctūralbor. English cincture [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "cingō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-tew-", "is_uncertain" : true, "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "alt" : "*-r-eh₂", "is_uncertain" : true, "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-rós", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-tūra", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "cinctūra", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "cincture", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="cincture"> Learned borrowing from 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)
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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: Etymology tree Latin cingō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cinctūralbor. English cincture Learned borrowing from Latin cinctūra. Cognate with Spanish cintura (“waist”). Doublet of ceinture. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:lbor|la:cinctūra|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin cingō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cinctūralbor. English cincture [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "cingō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-tew-", "is_uncertain" : true, "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "alt" : "*-r-eh₂", "is_uncertain" : true, "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-rós", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-tūra", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "cinctūra", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "cincture", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="cincture"> Learned borrowing from 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.
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  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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      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nLatin cingō\nProto-Indo-European *-tew-?\nProto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂?\nLatin -tūra\nLatin cinctūralbor.\nEnglish cincture\n[Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"cingō\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" }, { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"alt\" : \"*-tew-\", \"is_uncertain\" : true, \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-tus\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" }, { \"alt\" : \"*-r-eh₂\", \"is_uncertain\" : true, \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-rós\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-tūra\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"cinctūra\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"lbor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"cincture\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"cincture\">\nLearned borrowing from Latin cinctūra.",
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      "word": "пояс"
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      "sense": "girdle or belt",
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      "word": "cingulum"
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      "word": "crios"
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}

Download raw JSONL data for cincture meaning in English (9.3kB)

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  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "cincture",
  "trace": ""
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  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: viniculture",
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