"tonsura" meaning in Latin

See tonsura in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [tõːˈsuː.ra] [Classical-Latin], [t̪onˈsuː.ra] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From tondeō + -tūra with the regular change -dt- → -ss- → -s-. Etymology templates: {{suffix|la|tondeō|-tūra}} tondeō + -tūra Head templates: {{la-noun|tōnsūra<1>}} tōnsūra f (genitive tōnsūrae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|tōnsūra<1>}} Forms: tōnsūra [canonical, feminine], tōnsūrae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], tōnsūra [nominative, singular], tōnsūrae [nominative, plural], tōnsūrae [genitive, singular], tōnsūrārum [genitive, plural], tōnsūrae [dative, singular], tōnsūrīs [dative, plural], tōnsūram [accusative, singular], tōnsūrās [accusative, plural], tōnsūrā [ablative, singular], tōnsūrīs [ablative, plural], tōnsūra [singular, vocative], tōnsūrae [plural, vocative]
  1. haircut Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-tonsura-la-noun-ipxZr7fn Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Latin terms suffixed with -tura, Hair Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 28 39 32 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tura: 46 23 30 Disambiguation of Hair: 93 3 4
  2. pruning, clipping, trimming Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-tonsura-la-noun-SOZGfeQj Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 20 57 23 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 28 39 32
  3. shearing Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-tonsura-la-noun-KShp0JgI Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 28 39 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: tondeō, tōnsilis, tōnsiō, tōnsor, tōnsōrius, tōnstrīcula, tōnstrīna, tōnstrīnum, tōnstrix, tōnsus
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          "expansion": "→ Catalan: tonsura",
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      "text": "→ Catalan: tonsura"
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      "text": "→ English: tonsure"
    },
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      "text": "→ French: tonsure"
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            "bor": "1"
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            "2": "tonsura",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Galician: tonsura",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Galician: tonsura"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "tonsura",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: tonsura",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: tonsura"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "tonsura",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Occitan: tonsura",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Occitan: tonsura"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "tonsura",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Polish: tonsura",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: tonsura"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "tunsură",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: tunsură",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: tunsură"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "тонзура",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: тонзура (tonzura)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: тонзура (tonzura)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "tonsura",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: tonsura",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: tonsura"
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      "form": "tōnsūra",
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        "canonical",
        "feminine"
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    },
    {
      "form": "tōnsūrae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
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      "form": "tōnsūra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "tōnsūrae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōnsūram",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "tōnsūra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "tōnsūra<1>"
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    }
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tondeō"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tōnsiō"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tōnsor"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tōnsōrius"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tōnstrīcula"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tōnstrīna"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tōnstrīnum"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tōnstrix"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tōnsus"
    }
  ],
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          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 23 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -tura",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "93 3 4",
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          "name": "Hair",
          "orig": "la:Hair",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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        "haircut"
      ],
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        [
          "haircut",
          "haircut"
        ]
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        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "20 57 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 39 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pruning, clipping, trimming"
      ],
      "id": "en-tonsura-la-noun-SOZGfeQj",
      "links": [
        [
          "pruning",
          "pruning"
        ],
        [
          "clipping",
          "clipping"
        ],
        [
          "trimming",
          "trimming"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "28 39 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "shearing"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "shearing",
          "shearing"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[tõːˈsuː.ra]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t̪onˈsuː.ra]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tonsura"
}
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    "Latin feminine nouns",
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    "Latin first declension nouns",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms suffixed with -tura",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 7 entries",
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        {
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            "1": "ca",
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: tonsura",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: tonsura"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "tonsure",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: tonsure",
          "name": "desc"
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      ],
      "text": "→ English: tonsure"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "tonsure",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: tonsure",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: tonsure"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "tonsure",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Friulian: tonsure",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Friulian: tonsure"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "tonsura",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Galician: tonsura",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Galician: tonsura"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "tonsura",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: tonsura",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: tonsura"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "tonsura",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Occitan: tonsura",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Occitan: tonsura"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "tonsura",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: tonsura",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: tonsura"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "tunsură",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: tunsură",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: tunsură"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "тонзура",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: тонзура (tonzura)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: тонзура (tonzura)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "tonsura",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: tonsura",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: tonsura"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From tondeō + -tūra with the regular change -dt- → -ss- → -s-.",
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        "canonical",
        "feminine"
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        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "tōnsūrae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōnsūrae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "tōnsūrīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōnsūram",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōnsūrās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōnsūrā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōnsūrīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōnsūra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōnsūrae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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      },
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      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "tōnsūra<1>"
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  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "tondeō"
    },
    {
      "word": "tōnsilis"
    },
    {
      "word": "tōnsiō"
    },
    {
      "word": "tōnsor"
    },
    {
      "word": "tōnsōrius"
    },
    {
      "word": "tōnstrīcula"
    },
    {
      "word": "tōnstrīna"
    },
    {
      "word": "tōnstrīnum"
    },
    {
      "word": "tōnstrix"
    },
    {
      "word": "tōnsus"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "haircut"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "haircut",
          "haircut"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pruning, clipping, trimming"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pruning",
          "pruning"
        ],
        [
          "clipping",
          "clipping"
        ],
        [
          "trimming",
          "trimming"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "shearing"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shearing",
          "shearing"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[tõːˈsuː.ra]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t̪onˈsuː.ra]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tonsura"
}

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