cesura

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʊəɹə

Noun

cesura (plural cesuras or cesurae)

1. Alternative spelling of caesura

Anagrams

• SACEUR, Surace, causer, saucer

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin caesūra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [səˈzu.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [seˈzu.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa

Noun

cesura f (plural cesures)

1. caesura

Further reading

• “cesura” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cesura”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “cesura” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “cesura” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin caesūra (“cut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeˈzu.ra/
• Rhymes: -ura
• Hyphenation: ce‧sù‧ra

Noun

cesura f (plural cesure)

1. (poetry, music) caesura

Further reading

• cesura in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• cesùra in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin caesūra.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈzu.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈzu.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈzu.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈzu.ɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -uɾɐ
• Hyphenation: ce‧su‧ra

Noun

cesura f (plural cesuras)

1. caesura (a pause or interruption)
2. (prosody) caesura (using two words to divide a metrical foot)

Further reading

• “cesura” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.