ceinture
See also: ceinturé
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French ceinture. Doublet of cincture.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ceinture (plural ceintures)
- A belt or girdle.
- 2018, Will Eaves, Murmur, Canongate, published 2018, page 96:
- Beneath the cape she wears a bell-sleeved purple gown with gold ceinture.
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French ceinture, inherited from Latin cinctūra.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ceinture f (plural ceintures)
- belt (item of clothing)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Romanian: centură
Further reading edit
- “ceinture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Old French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ceinture oblique singular, f (oblique plural ceintures, nominative singular ceinture, nominative plural ceintures)
Descendants edit
- French: ceinture
- → Romanian: centură
- Norman: cheintuthe (through Old Northen French variant)