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See also: tonsuré
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Middle English tonsure, from Anglo-Norman and Old French tonsure, from Latin tonsūra (“a clipping, trimming”), from tondeō (“shear, clip, trim”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɒn.ʃə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Verb
[edit]tonsure (third-person singular simple present tonsures, present participle tonsuring, simple past and past participle tonsured)
- (Christianity, Buddhism) To shave the crown of the head as a sign of humility and religious vocation.
Translations
[edit]shave the crown of the head
Noun
[edit]tonsure (plural tonsures)
- A ritual shaving of this kind.
- The hairstyle and characteristic bald patch resulting from being tonsured.
Translations
[edit]ritual shaving of this kind
bald patch resulting from being tonsured
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Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old French tonsure, borrowed from Latin tōnsūra (“a clipping, trimming”), from tondeō (“shear, clip, trim”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tonsure f (plural tonsures)
Related terms
[edit]Verb
[edit]tonsure
- inflection of tonsurer:
Further reading
[edit]- “tonsure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tonsure f
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Participle
[edit]tōnsūre
Old French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]tonsure oblique singular, f (oblique plural tonsures, nominative singular tonsure, nominative plural tonsures)
- tonsure (hair)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (tonsure, supplement)
- tonsure on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Spanish
[edit]Verb
[edit]tonsure
- inflection of tonsurar:
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