"tonsure" meaning in French

See tonsure in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /tɔ̃.syʁ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-tonsure.wav Forms: tonsures [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French tonsure, borrowed from Latin tōnsūra (“a clipping, trimming”), from tondeō (“shear, clip, trim”). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|tonsure|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French tonsure, {{inh+|fr|fro|tonsure}} Inherited from Old French tonsure, {{bor|fr|la|tōnsūra||a clipping, trimming}} Latin tōnsūra (“a clipping, trimming”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} tonsure f (plural tonsures)
  1. tonsure Tags: feminine Related terms: tondre
    Sense id: en-tonsure-fr-noun-bouaB10i

Verb

IPA: /tɔ̃.syʁ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-tonsure.wav
Etymology: Inherited from Old French tonsure, borrowed from Latin tōnsūra (“a clipping, trimming”), from tondeō (“shear, clip, trim”). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|tonsure|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French tonsure, {{inh+|fr|fro|tonsure}} Inherited from Old French tonsure, {{bor|fr|la|tōnsūra||a clipping, trimming}} Latin tōnsūra (“a clipping, trimming”) Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} tonsure
  1. inflection of tonsurer:
    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: tonsurer
    Sense id: en-tonsure-fr-verb-DdfitFUV Categories (other): Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header, Hair Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 12 2 0 13 2 18 12 18 20 2 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 2 69 29 Disambiguation of Hair: 0 100 0
  2. inflection of tonsurer:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: tonsurer
    Sense id: en-tonsure-fr-verb-sZ8~GQl2

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